[U-Boot-Users] [PPC] PLEASE READ - was: [PATCH] Fix linker scripts: add NOLOAD atribute to .bss/.sbss sections

Wolfgang Denk
2008-02-07T16:13:06Z

Dear Joakim,

in message <455f01c8691f$423a7890$c6af69b0$@Tjernlund@transmode.se> you wrote:
>
> > The original idea of the table was that a user could provide (in his
> > board config file) a private version to allow for easy, #ifdef free
> > board specific initialization sequences.
> >
> > Unfortunately I never found the time or resources to complete this.
>
> I see, there are a lot of #ifdef in there that can be made more generic
> to cut down on the #ifdef's to a minimum. I read between the lines that you
> would not object too much if the table was removed?

Only if the resulting code does not grow and is readable...

Since nobody else picked up the idea over all the years it seems it's
not really needed.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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