[U-Boot] [PATCH] Fix Freescale link scripts for newer GCCs

Wolfgang Denk
2009-01-31T20:23:28Z

Dear Trent Piepho,

In message <Pine.LNX.4.64.0901310259430.8685@t2.domain.actdsltmp> you wrote:
>
> > so, what's the status of this patch? I've seen this fail on 83xx.
> > Most of these types of patches that fix the newer gcc's behaviour have
> > been dropped, one of which even did sorting on name and alignment:
> >
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot at lists.denx.de/msg03193.html
> >
> > Do I need to make one for 83xx and apply it myself?
>
> Wolfgang rejected mine because he wanted a patch that fixed every single
> board in one shot. I didn't feel like patching a hundred other linker
> scripts I knew nothing about.

Why not? If you know what you are doing (and I have strong resons to
believe that you do) then I think your fix should be applied to all
systems that are affected by the problem.

I do not want to fix only a subset of the boards and see people
wasting time because they run into the same issue gaiagn and again on
still unfixed systems.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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