linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Use separate sections for __dev/__cpu/_

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2008 13:06:41 +0100
From:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>, Andreas Schwab <schwab@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use separate sections for __dev/__cpu/__mem code/data

On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 07:52:57PM +0900, Paul Mundt wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 11:47:45AM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 11:45:06AM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 11:29:52AM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> > > > Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org> writes:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 04:33:41PM +0900, Paul Mundt wrote:
> > > > >> so the ## is being taken directly rather than acting as a concatenation.
> > > > >
> > > > > Strange...
> > > > > I can reproduce with gcc 3.4.5 here - will fix.
> > > > 
> > > > The ## operator does not work with -traditional.
> > > 
> > > Crap - then it breaks at the following architectures:
> > > sh64, s390, m68k, m32r
> > > 
> > > Thanks Andreas.
> > 
> > OK - I was too quick it seem.
> > sh has:
> > arch/sh/Makefile:CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds := -traditional
> > 
> > So this needs to be ripped out as it is not needed.
> > 
> Yes, that can be killed. If this is aimed at 2.6.25, I'll just kill it
> off in my tree. Otherwise, feel free to roll this in to your patch set.

It is aimed for 2.6.25 and it looks reasonable to reach that goal.
So please take this patch in your tree.

Thanks,

	Sam
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