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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam-uyr5N9Q2VtJg9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.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-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.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-05-01 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-30 19:54 [PATCH v2 0/6] macros for section name cleanup 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
     [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         ` [PATCH v2 3/6] Add new CACHELINE_ALIGNED_DATA " Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54           ` [PATCH v2 4/6] Add new INIT_TASK_DATA() " Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54             ` [PATCH v2 5/6] Add new READ_MOSTLY_DATA(align) " Tim Abbott
2009-04-30 19:54               ` [PATCH v2 6/6] Add support for __read_mostly to linux/cache.h Tim Abbott
2009-05-01  9:21         ` [PATCH v2 2/6] Add new NOSAVE_DATA linker script macro 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 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 17:17             ` Sam Ravnborg
     [not found]               ` <20090501171717.GA26401-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-01 17:18                 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-05-01 17:44                   ` Sam Ravnborg
     [not found]                     ` <20090501174457.GA26559-QabhHTsIXMSnlFQ6Q1D1Y0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>
2009-05-01 17:47                       ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2009-05-01 23:02                         ` Andreas Schwab
2009-05-01  9:04 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] macros for section name cleanup Sam Ravnborg
2009-05-01 14:21 ` Sam Ravnborg

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