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From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: michael@ellerman.id.au
Cc: linuxppc-dev list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] powerpc: consolidate feature fixup code
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 20:48:40 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1160650121.4792.140.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1160646965.16101.4.camel@localhost.localdomain>


> >  void __init setup_system(void)
> >  {
> > +	extern unsigned int __start___ftr_fixup, __stop___ftr_fixup;
> > +	extern unsigned int __start___fw_ftr_fixup, __stop___fw_ftr_fixup;
> 
> 
> Every extern in a C file ... god kills a kitten! :)

Well... it's a bit special in this case.. just a reference to a section,
I'd rather keep it close to the only call site...

Ben.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-10-12 10:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-10-12  8:29 [PATCH 1/4] powerpc: consolidate feature fixup code Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-12  9:56 ` Michael Ellerman
2006-10-12 10:48   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2006-10-12 13:56 ` Olof Johansson
2006-10-12 14:47   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-10-12 14:56     ` Olof Johansson
2006-10-12 15:24       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt

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