From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marek Vasut Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:42:36 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] [RFC] [PATCH 0/3] Linker-generated arrays In-Reply-To: <20120924172937.GF1797@bill-the-cat> References: <1348449718-16463-1-git-send-email-marex@denx.de> <20120924172937.GF1797@bill-the-cat> Message-ID: <201209241942.36333.marex@denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de Dear Tom Rini, > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 03:21:54AM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote: > > This is a first stab at the linker-generated array. Basically, this > > concept is a generic abstraction of how u_boot_cmd works today. The > > patch 2/3 contains a huge pile of documentation which should clarify > > most of the questions. > > > > NOTE: Compile-testing in progress, but it works with m28evk and sandbox > > > > for now. > > > > Marek Vasut (3): > > common: Add symbol handling for generic lists into Makefile > > common: Implement support for linker-generated arrays > > common: Add .u_boot_list into all linker files > > So... it's a generic version of the u_boot_cmd infrastructure. Do you > start using this in DM? Exactly > Would it be a lot of work to make patch #4 be > converting u_boot_cmd? I don't want to. I want to do it in a separate patch. One reason is because this might be used where u_boot_cmd is not. Other reason is that this will eventually replace u_boot_cmd, but I want that in a separate patch (I do have that in works). > Or do you just want to say, once folks are happy > with this of course, that the first bits of DM will depend on this > series being merged? DM will depend on this, yes > Thanks! Best regards, Marek Vasut