[U-Boot] RFC: Aligning arch initialisation sequences

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Albert ARIBAUD,

In message <4CDFA8E9.3050803 at free.fr> you wrote:
> 
> > Is there any reason the other arches could not implement an inline function
> > as well? ARM for example:
> >
> > -#define DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR     register volatile gd_t *gd asm ("r8")
> 
> There is no way to set aside a register in ARM code for applicative
> purposes.

What exactly do you mean by that?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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