Re: [RGC PATCH 0/2] split file2alias using elf sections

[Alessandro Rubini]

Hello Rusty, thankyou for your feedback.
I plan to make V2 tomorrow (it was planned much earlier).

> The table driven loop is nice and simple, though the E() macro is a bit
> contrived.

Yes, but we have long names and I wanted to avoid splitting lines.
I can make it ENTRY().
 
> The separation into separate files just to avoid merge issues is
> overkill and useless churn.  The conflicts are simple, and you've just
> moved themto conflicts in the Makefile.

Yes and no. Actually, I expect several new buses to appear over time,
and being separate files they can even be conditionally compiled based
on config. 

> We'd be better off putting the table in alphabetical order and stopping
> there.  Easy code, no tricks.

I see. I'm submitting two patches anyways, but you can pick one only.

Thanks
/alessandro
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