[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 0/9] reduce the size of the mmc core

[Joakim Tjernlund]

On Thu, 2018-01-04 at 15:23 +0100, Jean-Jacques Hiblot wrote:
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> This series applies on u-boot/next
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> It aims at reducing the size taken by the mmc core in the SPL.
> Recent changes (for which I'm to blame) have bloated the mmc core and have
> broken platforms that were already tight on code space. This is achieved mostly
> by compiling out parts of the initialization process that are not required when
> the SD/MMC write operations are not used.

I have not looked at the code so maybe this off ...

You can save a lot of space/code if you avoid static/global variables.
Instead of
  #define MYSTR "some cool feature"
  static char *mystr = MYSTR;
do
  fun()
  {
     char *mystr = MYSTR;
     ...
  }

Avoid static/global vars at all cost!

Jocke