[U-Boot] [PATCH] MX5: Reuse the gd->tbl value for timestamp and add gd->lastinc for lastinc bss

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Stefano Babic,

In message <1295798910-20382-1-git-send-email-sbabic at denx.de> you wrote:
> The usage of bss values in drivers before initialisation of bss is forbidden.
> In that special case some data in .rel.dyn gets corrupted.
> 
> This patch is the same as recently applied for arm926js architecture.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de>
> CC: Heiko Schocher <hs at denx.de>
> ---
>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/timer.c |    6 ++++--
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/timer.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/timer.c
> index 3044fcf..1972f64 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/timer.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/timer.c
> @@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ static struct mxc_gpt *cur_gpt = (struct mxc_gpt *)GPT1_BASE_ADDR;
>  #define GPTCR_CLKSOURCE_32 (4<<6)	/* Clock source */
>  #define GPTCR_TEN       (1)	/* Timer enable */
>  
> -static ulong timestamp;
> -static ulong lastinc;
> +DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
> +
> +#define timestamp (gd->tbl)
> +#define lastinc (gd->lastinc)

Why do we need these parens?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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