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Message-ID: <20111202084213.GA3415@mail.gnudd.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:42:13 +0100
From: Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...dd.com>
To: rusty@...abs.org
Cc: greg@...ah.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, siglesia@...n.ch,
manohar.vanga@...n.ch, dave.martin@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V2 0/1] making order in file2alias
> But splitting 15-line functions into separate files? Less compact, less
> simple.
Personally, I'm more interested in the addition of new busses (as
drop-in files) than the split up of current ones. But I see your point.
>> > step 1: create the ELF section so ENTRY() lines can leave the array
>> > (and change name accordingly).
>> >
>> > step 2: each ENTRY() line can be moved just after the associated code
>> > (this means that a new bus is just a single hunk, not 2 of them)
>> >
>> > step 3: I create the headers needed to move code and ENTRY in separate
>> > files. This is some movement around, not trivial so it may
>> > deserve a patch in itself.
> If you *really* want to use separate files, then this patch will let you
> do it. You'll need to expose some stuff in a header though.
Fine with me. This is 1 and 2 of my list above. And the "need to
expose" is my step 3. So I agree with this.
thanks
/alessandro
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