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From: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-sparc@vger.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Linker script cleanup / consolidation
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 22:04:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070524200440.GA1109@uranus.ravnborg.org> (raw)

With basis in sparc64 I did a small cleanup / consolidation work.
The sparc64 lds script is by no menas the worst to look at but
a anyway a good place to start.

In the following patch serie I did:
-> Introduce a C-like indention style
-> Introduce use of PAGE_SIZE as replacement for hardcoded constant
-> Consoildate initramfs definition


While browsing the other arch lds files I saw many other smaller
items that could be consolidated but creating a define for
something like 3-5 lines was to push it too much.

If there are a number of sections that could be defined together
I would like to combine then in a common section but I do 
know too little about the linker scripts to determine this.

The other archs shall have a similar clean-up over time.
sparc64 was just a good place to start because David had
expressed that he liked the consolidation.

	Sam

             reply	other threads:[~2007-05-24 20:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-24 20:04 Sam Ravnborg [this message]
2007-05-24 20:10 ` [PATCH 1/5] sparc64: ident vmlinux.lds.S Sam Ravnborg
2007-05-24 20:11 ` [PATCH 2/5] asm-generic: add RO_DATA which take alignment parameter Sam Ravnborg
2007-05-24 20:13 ` [PATCH 3/5] sparc64: use PAGE_SIZE in vmlinux.lds Sam Ravnborg
2007-05-24 20:14 ` [PATCH/RFC 4/5] asm-generic: add INITRAMFS to vmlinux.lds.h Sam Ravnborg
2007-05-24 20:15 ` [PATCH/RFC 5/5] sparc64: use INITRAMFS in vmlinux.lds.h Sam Ravnborg

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