[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 11/28] arm: Use sections header to obtain link symbols

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Tue Mar 6 17:17:11 CET 2012


On Tuesday 06 March 2012 01:24:21 Simon Glass wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Thursday 16 February 2012 09:48:58 Simon Glass wrote:
> >> --- a/board/cm4008/flash.c
> >> +++ b/board/cm4008/flash.c
> >> 
> >>  #include <common.h>
> >> +#include <asm-generic/sections.h>
> > 
> > arches should provide asm/sections.h, and those are the only headers that
> > should know about asm-generic/sections.h
> 
> Similar to my previous comment, but why does each arch have to have
> subtly-different section symbol names? From what I have seen so far
> there can be unified also.

Blackfin has linker symbols that don't belong in any other port.  this is also 
how the kernel does it, and i don't see value in diverging here.
-mike
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