linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/3] Add BSS to resource tree

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Date:	Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:20:37 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Bernhard Walle <bwalle@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kexec@...ts.infradead.org, vgoyal@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [patch 1/3] Add BSS to resource tree

> Grepping for _text shows that there are plenty of different ways to declare
> that symbol extern - this does not look correct.

They really don't have a specific type and using the type that happens to be convenient 
to whatever calculation you want to do with it is useful.

-Andi
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