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From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/3 V2] common: Implement support for linker-generated arrays
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:53:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201209261853.13836.marex@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120926070144.A4B452031A9@gemini.denx.de>

Dear Wolfgang Denk,

> Dear Marek,
> 
> In message <201209252224.32686.marex@denx.de> you wrote:
> > > >                                         ... Such array though can
> > > > 
> > > > later be accessed and used via special accessor.
> > > 
> > > Can you please translate this to me?  I don't get what it means.
> > 
> > That you call a function that returns the pointer to the first member of
> > the array.
> 
> then please write this down?

I rewrote it, it made no sense.

> Do we always need such a function?  Where is it coming from?

It's not a function, macro, sorry for the confusion

> Auto-generated?  What about the memory footprint?

None, it's a macro. Doing exactly what &__u_boot_cmd... did, but instead of 
doing it at n places, it does so at one place now and is expanded as needed.

> > You mean what ...
> > 
> > /**
> > 
> >  *
> > 
> > This? Kernel-doc style ...
> 
> It violates the kernel CodyngStyle...

Yes, well ... let's discuss it.

> Best regards,
> 
> Wolfgang Denk

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

  reply	other threads:[~2012-09-26 16:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-24  1:21 [U-Boot] [RFC] [PATCH 0/3] Linker-generated arrays Marek Vasut
2012-09-24  1:21 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3] common: Add symbol handling for generic lists into Makefile Marek Vasut
2012-09-24 15:36   ` Joe Hershberger
2012-09-24 16:04     ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-24 17:00       ` Joe Hershberger
2012-09-24 17:08         ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-24 17:43           ` Joe Hershberger
2012-09-24  1:21 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/3] common: Implement support for linker-generated arrays Marek Vasut
2012-09-24 16:30   ` Joe Hershberger
2012-09-24 16:52     ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-24  1:21 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3] common: Add .u_boot_list into all linker files Marek Vasut
2012-09-24 16:34   ` Joe Hershberger
2012-09-24 16:53     ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-24 17:06       ` Tom Rini
2012-09-24 17:09         ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-24 17:18           ` Tom Rini
2012-09-24 17:23             ` Joe Hershberger
2012-09-24 18:07               ` Tom Rini
2012-09-24 17:25             ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-24 17:29 ` [U-Boot] [RFC] [PATCH 0/3] Linker-generated arrays Tom Rini
2012-09-24 17:42   ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-25 16:11 ` [U-Boot] [RFC] [PATCH 0/3 v2] " Marek Vasut
2012-09-25 16:11   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/3 V2] common: Add symbol handling for generic lists into Makefile Marek Vasut
2012-09-25 20:12     ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-09-25 20:22       ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-25 16:11   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/3 V2] common: Implement support for linker-generated arrays Marek Vasut
2012-09-25 20:16     ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-09-25 20:24       ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-26  7:01         ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-09-26 16:53           ` Marek Vasut [this message]
2012-09-29  1:45     ` Joe Hershberger
2012-09-29  2:49       ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-25 16:12   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3 V2] common: Add .u_boot_list into all linker files Marek Vasut
2012-09-25 16:43     ` Otavio Salvador
2012-09-25 16:54       ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-25 20:17     ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-09-25 20:25       ` Marek Vasut
2012-09-29  1:34   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/5 V2] Linker-generated arrays Marek Vasut
2012-09-29  1:34     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5] common: Add symbol handling for generic lists into Makefile Marek Vasut
2012-09-29  2:29       ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5 V2] " Marek Vasut
2012-09-29  1:35     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/5] common: Implement support for linker-generated arrays Marek Vasut
2012-09-29  1:35     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/5] common: Add .u_boot_list into all linker files Marek Vasut
2012-09-29  1:35     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/5] common: Convert the U-Boot commands to LG-arrays Marek Vasut
2012-09-29  1:35     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] common: Discard the __u_boot_cmd section Marek Vasut
2012-09-29  2:44     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/5 V2] Linker-generated arrays Marek Vasut

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