[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/57] RFC: Move arch-specific global data into its own structure

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Graeme Russ,

In message <CALButCKtUBx1+prpcLC-YRFc7GV6Dgq_TFx-QwH4WXCvnST=Ow at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> 
> I've mentioned this before - I think gd is being abused. To me, gd
> should contain only data members that are explicitly required prior to
> SDRAM being initialised and BSS being available. It has become a bit
> of a 'well I need this variable everywhere, I'll dump it in gd'.

All too true!!

> To be honest, I think gd should only be a temporary structure used to
> carry specific data through the initialisation process up to the point
> BSS becomes available. With the 'early malloc' patches in the
> pipeline, it might even be possible to malloc the gd structure early
> and then when BSS is available, copy the data into the final global
> data structure in BSS. I think that would be complicated by functions
> that need to use gd both before and after BSS becomes available.

If we could drop gd after relocation, I'd be all too happy.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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