From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Rini Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:17:35 -0700 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] README.commands: Document what UNDEF_SYM does In-Reply-To: <505A34A4.2090509@myspectrum.nl> References: <1348011772-8533-1-git-send-email-trini@ti.com> <505A34A4.2090509@myspectrum.nl> Message-ID: <20120919211735.GH12703@bill-the-cat> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 11:09:56PM +0200, Jeroen Hofstee wrote: > 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? Bah, re-wrote the sentance a few times in my head as I was writing it. ... full U-Boot we geneate a list of all the commands we have built (based on the sections mentioned above) and use that to force the linker ... -- Tom -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 836 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: