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From: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/6 V3] common: Add symbol handling for generic lists into Makefile
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:09:23 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <201210150409.23619.marex@denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACUy__XUsjszn__D+otjaeQgwKVWErVgwudWJWJ-r080eTTPPA@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Daniel Schwierzeck,

> 2012/10/15 Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>:
> >> >  GEN_UBOOT = \
> >> >  
> >> >                 UNDEF_SYM=`$(OBJDUMP) -x $(LIBBOARD) $(LIBS) | \
> >> >                 sed  -n -e
> >> >                 's/.*\($(SYM_PREFIX)__u_boot_cmd_.*\)/-u\1/p'|sort|uni
> >> >                 q` ;\
> >> > 
> >> > -               cd $(LNDIR) && $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_$(@F))
> >> > $$UNDEF_SYM $(__OBJS) \ +               UNDEF_LST=`$(OBJDUMP) -x
> >> > $(LIBBOARD) $(LIBS) | \ +               sed  -n -e
> >> > 's/.*\($(SYM_PREFIX)__u_boot_list_.*\)/-u\1/p'|sort|uniq`;\
> >> 
> >> this must be:
> >> > +               sed  -n -e
> >> > 's/.*\($(SYM_PREFIX)_u_boot_list_.*\)/-u\1/p'|sort|uniq`;\
> > 
> > I suspect this might break blackfin.
> 
> no it is already broken without this change. I also tested Blackfin
> but forgot it to mention.
> Blackfin explicitely sets SYM_PREFIX:=_ so you will finally get
> __u_boot_list_.*.

Which is what I _want_ to get.

> >> otherwise $UNDEF_LST is always empty which breaks at least all MIPS
> >> boards because
> >> all _uboot_list_* symbols are discarded by the linker. I noticed that
> >> on ARM and PowerPC
> >> the content of $UNDEF_LST does not matter at all because those symbols
> >> are always linked into the final binary.
> > 
> > About time to fix mips ... or throw it away altogether, until it learns
> > to do stuff right (incl. relocation).
> 
> it's not only MIPS, Blackfin has the same problem. Propably other
> 'exotic' archs too ;)

And that's a problem -- we have to support so much legacy crap because of these 
arches :-(

Best regards,
Marek Vasut

  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-15  2:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-30  0:17 [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/5] Linker-generated arrays (take 2) Marek Vasut
2012-09-30  0:17 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/5] common: Add symbol handling for generic lists into Makefile Marek Vasut
2012-10-02 23:40   ` Joe Hershberger
2012-09-30  0:17 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/5] common: Implement support for linker-generated arrays Marek Vasut
2012-10-02 23:40   ` Joe Hershberger
2012-09-30  0:17 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/5] common: Add .u_boot_list into all linker files Marek Vasut
2012-10-02 23:41   ` Joe Hershberger
2012-10-03 14:55   ` Daniel Schwierzeck
2012-10-03 15:01     ` Marek Vasut
2012-10-03 15:21       ` Daniel Schwierzeck
2012-10-03 16:44         ` Marek Vasut
2012-10-03 18:05           ` Daniel Schwierzeck
2012-10-03 20:49   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/5 V2] " Marek Vasut
2012-09-30  0:17 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/5] common: Convert the U-Boot commands to LG-arrays Marek Vasut
2012-10-02 23:43   ` Joe Hershberger
2012-09-30  0:17 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5] common: Discard the __u_boot_cmd section Marek Vasut
2012-10-02 23:43   ` Joe Hershberger
2012-10-03 14:56   ` Daniel Schwierzeck
2012-10-03 20:50   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/5 V2] " Marek Vasut
2012-10-07  0:06 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/6 V2] Linker-generated arrays (take 2) Marek Vasut
2012-10-07  0:06   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/6 V2] common: Add symbol handling for generic lists into Makefile Marek Vasut
2012-10-07  0:06   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/6 V2] common: Implement support for linker-generated arrays Marek Vasut
2012-10-07  0:06   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/6 V2] common: Add .u_boot_list into all linker files Marek Vasut
2012-10-07  0:06   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/6 V2] common: Convert the U-Boot commands to LG-arrays Marek Vasut
2012-10-07  0:06   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/6 V2] common: Discard the __u_boot_cmd section Marek Vasut
2012-10-07  0:06   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 6/6 V2] kerneldoc: tmpl: Implement template for LG-arrays Marek Vasut
2012-10-12 20:27   ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/6 V3] Linker-generated arrays (take 2) Marek Vasut
2012-10-12 20:27     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/6 V3] common: Add symbol handling for generic lists into Makefile Marek Vasut
2012-10-14 23:28       ` Daniel Schwierzeck
2012-10-15  1:49         ` Marek Vasut
2012-10-15  2:04           ` Daniel Schwierzeck
2012-10-15  2:09             ` Marek Vasut [this message]
2012-10-17 10:43       ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/6 V4] " Marek Vasut
2012-10-18 19:40         ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-10-19 13:19           ` Marek Vasut
2012-10-20 17:46             ` Tom Rini
2012-10-20 18:56               ` Marek Vasut
2012-10-21  5:20                 ` Tom Rini
2012-10-19 15:00         ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 1/6 V5] " Marek Vasut
2012-10-19 15:45           ` Joe Hershberger
2012-10-19 15:48           ` Joe Hershberger
2012-10-22 21:04           ` Tom Rini
2012-10-12 20:27     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 2/6 V3] common: Implement support for linker-generated arrays Marek Vasut
2012-10-12 20:27     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 3/6 V3] common: Add .u_boot_list into all linker files Marek Vasut
2012-10-12 20:27     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 4/6 V3] common: Convert the U-Boot commands to LG-arrays Marek Vasut
2012-10-12 20:27     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/6 V3] common: Discard the __u_boot_cmd section Marek Vasut
2012-10-17 10:45       ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 5/6 V4] " Marek Vasut
2012-10-12 20:27     ` [U-Boot] [PATCH 6/6 V3] kerneldoc: tmpl: Implement template for LG-arrays Marek Vasut

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