Re: [RFC PATCH] linker script: unify usage of discard definition

[Paul Mundt]

On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 01:51:04AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 19:37, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > +/*
> > + * DISCARDS must be the last and archs which want some of the default
> > + * discarded sections in the kernel image can do so by putting them in
> > + * earlier section definition.
> > + */
> 
> i would add to the comment that some people want to discard exit
> text/data at runtime rather than link time due to cross-section
> references such as alt instructions, bug table, eh_frame, etc...
> 
> otherwise, looks good to me.  thanks !
> 
> Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx>

Agreed, as this was a source of confusion initially it is certainly worth
documenting the next time someone is scratching their head thinking about
the variations ;-)

Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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