Re: [PATCH 00/24] Rename kernel's magic sections for compatibility with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections

[Mike Frysinger]

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 23:03, Tim Abbott wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Feb 2010, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
>> Here is a new version of the -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections patch
>> series based on current Linus tree.
>
> Aside from patch 17, which I would prefer that Haavard review, these
> patches look correct (and patch 17 can be safely dropped). ÂPlease
> consider the rest of Denys' patches in this patch series
>
> Acked-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The patches still apply fine on Linus' current master. ÂThere are no merge
> conflicts with linux-next's current master, but we will need to do
> something to merge with
>
> "Blackfin: initial XIP support"
>
> in linux-next, which introduces a direct reference to .data.percpu.* (not
> using the normal PERCPU macros so they can put .data.percpu content inside
> the .init.data section). ÂThat conflict looks easy to deal with by adding
> a new macro to handle this case (CCing the author and blackfin maintainer;
> it's possible that this blackfin patch is going in soon, in which case we
> can just rebase these patches on top).
>
> Michal, what are your thoughts on this patch series? ÂThe kbuild tree
> would be a reasonable path for merging these patches.

ive posted this patch for merging via the Blackfin tree now, so
hopefully it'll be in soon
-mike
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