From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] [ARM] Fix DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR and make gd global
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:43:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070915074303.0DFC024669@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:44:37 +0200." <46EB7145.1050307@googlemail.com>
In message <46EB7145.1050307@googlemail.com> you wrote:
>
> Some users [1] with (some?) ARM toolchains report issues with
> #define DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR register volatile gd_t *gd asm ("r8")
> in include/asm-arm/global_data.h
> The issue seems to be [2]
Can you please point out specific boards that show this problem?
> This patch makes DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR empty, so no local register
> variable any more, and makes gd global.
Actually this should not be needed any more as all use of the
DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR (should) have been moved outside function
bodies, so we already use a global definition. If there are remaining
places where this has been forgotten I'd rather fix these.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-09-15 7:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-09-15 5:44 [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] [ARM] Fix DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR and make gd global Dirk Behme
2007-09-15 7:43 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2007-09-15 9:43 ` Dirk Behme
2007-09-15 16:45 ` Wolfgang Denk
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