From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam-uyr5N9Q2VtJg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Tim Abbott <tabbott-DPNOqEs/LNQ@public.gmane.org>,
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Heiko Carstens
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Helge Deller <deller-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>,
Hirokazu Takata <takata-TMSiXQfHlQjsTix1lMzHGQ@public.gmane.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Jeff Dike <jdike-OPE4K8JWMJJBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] Add new macros for page-aligned data and bss sections.
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 10:47:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49FB35C4.6060107@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090501174457.GA26559-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>>
>> What's wrong with @?
> arm does not support it :-(
> I recall it denote a comment in arm assembler.
>
> I could do some magic to detect the ARM case but I'm reluctant to do so.
> I could also ignore the arm issue for now as it is not used by arm,
> but that strikes me as the wrong approach.
>
If we really have to use different tokens, I would say:
#ifdef __ARM__
# define _PROGBITS %progbits /* or whatever */
# define _NOBITS %nobits
#else
# define _PROGBITS @progbits
# define _NOBITS @nobits
#endif
Otherwise we probably need to ask the binutils people...
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] Add new macros for page-aligned data and bss sections.
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 10:47:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49FB35C4.6060107@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090501174457.GA26559@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>>
>> What's wrong with @?
> arm does not support it :-(
> I recall it denote a comment in arm assembler.
>
> I could do some magic to detect the ARM case but I'm reluctant to do so.
> I could also ignore the arm issue for now as it is not used by arm,
> but that strikes me as the wrong approach.
>
If we really have to use different tokens, I would say:
#ifdef __ARM__
# define _PROGBITS %progbits /* or whatever */
# define _NOBITS %nobits
#else
# define _PROGBITS @progbits
# define _NOBITS @nobits
#endif
Otherwise we probably need to ask the binutils people...
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam-uyr5N9Q2VtJg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Tim Abbott <tabbott-DPNOqEs/LNQ@public.gmane.org>,
Linux kernel mailing list
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Anders Kaseorg <andersk-DPNOqEs/LNQ@public.gmane.org>,
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Denys Vlasenko
<vda.linux-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>,
Jeff Arnold <jbarnold-DPNOqEs/LNQ@public.gmane.org>,
Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh-XVmvHMARGAS8U2dJNN8I7kB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>,
Bryan Wu <cooloney-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
Chris Zankel <chris-YvXeqwSYzG2sTnJN9+BGXg@public.gmane.org>,
Cyrill Gorcunov
<gorcunov-GEFAQzZX7r8dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
David Howells <dhowells-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
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Helge Deller <deller-Mmb7MZpHnFY@public.gmane.org>,
Hirokazu Takata <takata-TMSiXQfHlQjsTix1lMzHGQ@public.gmane.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
Jeff Dike <jdike-OPE4K8JWMJJBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] Add new macros for page-aligned data and bss sections.
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 10:47:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49FB35C4.6060107@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090501174457.GA26559-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>>
>> What's wrong with @?
> arm does not support it :-(
> I recall it denote a comment in arm assembler.
>
> I could do some magic to detect the ARM case but I'm reluctant to do so.
> I could also ignore the arm issue for now as it is not used by arm,
> but that strikes me as the wrong approach.
>
If we really have to use different tokens, I would say:
#ifdef __ARM__
# define _PROGBITS %progbits /* or whatever */
# define _NOBITS %nobits
#else
# define _PROGBITS @progbits
# define _NOBITS @nobits
#endif
Otherwise we probably need to ask the binutils people...
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org,
linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>,
Tim Abbott <tabbott@MIT.EDU>,
Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
Greg Ungerer <gerg@uclinux.org>,
sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
Jesper Nilsson <jesper.nilsson@axis.com>,
Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>,
Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>,
user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
microblaze-uclinux@itee.uq.edu.au, Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com>,
Jeff Arnold <jbarnold@MIT.EDU>,
dev-etrax@axis.com, Mikael Starvik <starvik@axis.com>,
Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@openvz.org>,
Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>, Waseem Daher <wdaher@MIT.EDU>,
Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>,
Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net>, Bryan Wu <cooloney@kernel.org>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org,
Haavard Skinnemoen <hskinnemoen@atmel.com>,
Hirokazu Takata <takata@linux-m32r.org>,
Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
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Anders Kaseorg <andersk@MIT.EDU>,
Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>,
Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>,
linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org,
Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] Add new macros for page-aligned data and bss sections.
Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 10:47:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49FB35C4.6060107@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090501174457.GA26559@uranus.ravnborg.org>
Sam Ravnborg wrote:
>>
>> What's wrong with @?
> arm does not support it :-(
> I recall it denote a comment in arm assembler.
>
> I could do some magic to detect the ARM case but I'm reluctant to do so.
> I could also ignore the arm issue for now as it is not used by arm,
> but that strikes me as the wrong approach.
>
If we really have to use different tokens, I would say:
#ifdef __ARM__
# define _PROGBITS %progbits /* or whatever */
# define _NOBITS %nobits
#else
# define _PROGBITS @progbits
# define _NOBITS @nobits
#endif
Otherwise we probably need to ask the binutils people...
-hpa
--
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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2009-04-30 19:54 [PATCH v2 0/6] macros for section name cleanup Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
[not found] ` <1241121253-32341-1-git-send-email-tabbott-3s7WtUTddSA@public.gmane.org>
2009-04-30 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] Add new macros for page-aligned data and bss sections Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
[not found] ` <1241121253-32341-2-git-send-email-tabbott-3s7WtUTddSA@public.gmane.org>
2009-04-30 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] Add new NOSAVE_DATA linker script macro Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] Add new CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA " Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] Add new INIT_TASK_DATA() " Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] Add new READ_MOSTLY_DATA(align) " Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] Add support for __read_mostly to linux/cache.h Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-05-01 9:21 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] Add new NOSAVE_DATA linker script macro Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:21 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:21 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:21 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:21 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] Add new macros for page-aligned data and bss sections Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:18 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:18 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:18 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:18 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 13:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-05-01 13:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-05-01 13:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-05-01 13:54 ` Tim Abbott
2009-05-01 13:54 ` Tim Abbott
[not found] ` <alpine.DEB.1.10.0905010951100.3955-KERi1O17UK+7LhyUQnA0IJVzexx5G7lz@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-01 16:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 16:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 16:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 16:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 17:17 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 17:17 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 17:17 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 17:17 ` Sam Ravnborg
[not found] ` <20090501171717.GA26401-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-01 17:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 17:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 17:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 17:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 17:44 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 17:44 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 17:44 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 17:44 ` Sam Ravnborg
[not found] ` <20090501174457.GA26559-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-01 17:47 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2009-05-01 17:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 17:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 17:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 23:02 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-05-01 23:02 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-05-01 23:02 ` Andreas Schwab
2009-05-01 9:04 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] macros for section name cleanup Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:04 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:04 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:04 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 9:04 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 14:21 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 14:21 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 14:21 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 14:21 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 14:21 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 21:31 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-02 0:48 ` Tim Abbott
2009-05-02 22:01 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-04 14:27 ` Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-04 14:30 ` [PATCH/RFC] Sample conversion of powerpc Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-04 16:32 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] macros for section name cleanup Tim Abbott
2009-05-04 17:42 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-05-04 17:42 ` Mike Frysinger
2009-05-04 17:54 ` Sam Ravnborg
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