[U-Boot] [PATCH] README.commands: Document what UNDEF_SYM does

Jeroen Hofstee dasuboot at myspectrum.nl
Wed Sep 19 23:09:56 CEST 2012


On 09/19/2012 01:42 AM, Tom Rini wrote:
> +To ensure that the linker does not discard these symbols when linking
> +full U-Boot we use generate a list of all of the commands and force the
> +linker to first enter the symbol as undefined in the object so that
> +there is then a need for the symbol to be kept (UNDEF_SYM in the
> +Makefile).
> +
I have no idea what this is about, but my mind has difficulty parsing
this sentence.

"To ensure that the linker does not discard these symbols when linking
full U-Boot we use generate a list"

a generated list?

Regards,
Jeroen




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