Hi!
> > This is standard kernel cleanup that makes the resulting image smaller.
> > These patches have been going into all areas of the kernel for quite
> > some time.
>
> This doesn't make it right.
Well... It does. Code should be uniform. You may like
if (
x == y
) {
printf(
"ahoj"
);
}
style of indentation, but it is not okay in kernel.
> Ok, while we are on the topic : could somebody explain me why
> we can't get gcc to do that for us ? What is preventing adding a gcc
int xyzzy;
goes to BSS, while
int xyzzy = 0
goes to DATA. That is important for some folks.
> command line flag to do exactly that ? It's not like rocket science
> (simple test) and would avoid to have tediously to go through all
It is actually not *so* easy to do it in gcc; there's patch, however.
Pavel
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