[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/3 V2] common: Implement support for linker-generated arrays

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Tue Sep 25 22:16:12 CEST 2012


Dear Marek Vasut,

In message <1348589520-14395-3-git-send-email-marex at denx.de> you wrote:
> This patch adds support for linker-generated array. These arrays
> are a generalization of the U-Boot command declaration approach.
...

>                                         ... Such array though can
> later be accessed and used via special accessor.

Can you please translate this to me?  I don't get what it means.


> The actual implementation relies on placing any variable that is to
> represent an element of LG-array into subsection of .u_boot_list

"into subsection" ? Do you mean "into a subsection", or "into a
specific subsection" or what?

...
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/linker_lists.h
...
> +/**
> + * ll_entry_declare() - Declare linker-generated array entry
...

Incorrect multiline comment style. Please fix globally.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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