From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <bh40@calva.net>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org,
Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>
Subject: Re: __init, __openfirmware, etc...
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 10:42:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990103104228.031876@smtp.calvacom.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9901022154330.2266-100000@cassiopeia.home>
On Sat, Jan 2, 1999, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@geert.cs.kuleuven.ac.be> wrote:
>__init sections are indeed removed after kernel initialisation. The
other ones
>are removed depending on the dynamic run type of the machine, e.g. __pmac
>sections are removed on PReP, and so on. Saves quite some valuable
unswappable
>kernel memory.c
Ok. Do you know what happens to static datas declared within an __init
function ? Is it removed to ? I have a function that use a static array
for putting permanent "override" values for part of the device tree and
this array must not be removed. Should I put the static array out of the
function too or will this remove mecanism avoid bss sections ?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-01-03 9:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-12-30 10:37 grackle, patches, MMU, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1998-12-30 11:22 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1998-12-30 11:35 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1998-12-30 13:21 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1998-12-31 21:52 ` Cort Dougan
1998-12-31 22:24 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1998-12-31 22:48 ` Cort Dougan
1999-01-02 15:24 ` __init, __openfirmware, etc Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1999-01-02 20:55 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1999-01-03 9:42 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
1999-01-03 15:04 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1999-01-01 20:45 ` real-root-dev patch for vger Brad Midgley
1999-01-02 20:54 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1999-01-03 22:24 ` Brad Midgley
1999-01-03 22:38 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1999-01-04 10:29 ` Andreas Schwab
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