Re: [uClinux-dev] [PATCH] m68k: Merge mmu and non-mmu versions of sys_call_table

[Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com>]

On 07/04/11 08:05, Philippe De Muyter wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 10:33:07PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> Impact for m68knommu:
>>    - The table is now stored in .data instead of .text,
>
> Do you mean .rodata ?
>
>>    - Removed unused padding at the end of the table.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven<geert@linux-m68k.org>
>> ---
>> Not tested on m68knommu
>>
>> Questions:
>>    - Why was it .text?
>
> Probably because it is constanti (read-only).

Yes, I suspect that was the original thinking. It has been that way
for a very long time (it is in .text in the 2.4 kernel patches for
this too).

I will test them on m68knommu today, I am sure moving to .data (really
rodata) will be fine.

Regards
Greg


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