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From: "Carlos Manuel Duclos Vergara" <carlos@embedded.cl>
Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] dm: uninitialize static variables
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 18:06:49 -0000 (GMT)
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>  static unsigned int __attribute__((__section__(".bss"))) major =3D 0;
>  static unsigned int __attribute__((__section__(".bss"))) _major =3D 0;

it should be:

static unsigned int major __attribute__ ((section(".bss"))) =3D 0;

> If you could tell me how to achieve this in a fancy way which also work=
s,
> I'm all ears. Maybe the janitorial steering committee might also like t=
he
> idea enough to adjust their current TODO list.

yup, maybe it's worth of a discussion on the list

--=20
Carlos Manuel Duclos Vergara
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From: "Carlos Manuel Duclos Vergara" <carlos@embedded.cl>
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:06:49 +0000
Subject: Re: [KJ] [PATCH] dm: uninitialize static variables
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>  static unsigned int __attribute__((__section__(".bss"))) major = 0;
>  static unsigned int __attribute__((__section__(".bss"))) _major = 0;

it should be:

static unsigned int major __attribute__ ((section(".bss"))) = 0;

> If you could tell me how to achieve this in a fancy way which also works,
> I'm all ears. Maybe the janitorial steering committee might also like the
> idea enough to adjust their current TODO list.

yup, maybe it's worth of a discussion on the list

-- 
Carlos Manuel Duclos Vergara
http://www.toolchains.com/personal/blog

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