From: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>,
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>,
uclinux-dev@uclinux.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] mtd/uclinux: Use generic __bss_stop instead of _ebss
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 08:47:07 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120531234706.GE11445@linux-sh.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1338497739-2852-1-git-send-email-geert@linux-m68k.org>
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:55:39PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> The standard (see BSS_SECTION() in <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h> and
> <asm-generic/sections.h>) symbol for the end of BSS is __bss_stop.
> This allows to remove all local declarations that have been added to
> several architectures just to please CONFIG_MTD_UCLINUX.
>
> Not-Yet-Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
> ---
> This is a prerequisite for some future m68k changes:
> - replacing the m68k-specific _[se]bss by the generic __bss_{start,stop},
> - using the asm-generic version of <asm/sections.h>.
I like it. The only reason we have _ebss on sh at all is for the mtd map
anyways.
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-31 23:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-31 20:55 [PATCH/RFC] mtd/uclinux: Use generic __bss_stop instead of _ebss Geert Uytterhoeven
2012-05-31 23:47 ` Paul Mundt [this message]
2012-06-01 2:20 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-06-01 4:58 ` Michal Simek
2012-06-01 6:11 ` [uClinux-dev] " Greg Ungerer
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