linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 1/3] add support for exporting symbols from .S files

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Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:56:11 +0100
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [RFC 1/3] add support for exporting symbols from .S files

On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 16:18 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> This makes it possible to export symbols from assembly files, instead
> of having to export them through an extra ksyms.c file.
> 
> I found this nicer to implement using a gas macro than a cpp macro.

Yeah, gas macros can be much nicer. This looks good to me; I don't see
and reason why it can't be used across all architectures, off-hand.

-- 
David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@...el.com                              Intel Corporation



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