[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Rename block group descriptor table from gd to bgd

[Graeme Russ]

Hi Simon,

On Oct 4, 2012 6:40 AM, "Simon Glass" <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
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> Hi Tom,
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> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Tom Rini <trini at ti.com> wrote:
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> > On 10/03/12 12:53, Simon Glass wrote:
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> >> On x86 machines gd is unfortunately a #define, so we should avoid
> >> using gd for anything. This patch changes uses of gd to bgd so that
> >> ext4fs can be used on x86.
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> >> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
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> > Is there any way to change x86 to not be using a #define for gd?
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> I wasn't brave enough to look hard at that, although Graeme is on copy
> and will know. It is actually using inline assembly to access this
> special variable.

Isn't 'gd' used by everyone (global data)? I fail to see how this ever
worked.

Regards,

Graeme