From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marek Vasut Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:53:13 +0200 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/3 V2] common: Implement support for linker-generated arrays In-Reply-To: <20120926070144.A4B452031A9@gemini.denx.de> References: <1348449718-16463-1-git-send-email-marex@denx.de> <201209252224.32686.marex@denx.de> <20120926070144.A4B452031A9@gemini.denx.de> Message-ID: <201209261853.13836.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 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