Re: [RFC 1/1] vmlinux.lds.h: Add new SECTION() macro

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 02:25:58PM -0700, Geoff Levand wrote:
> Add a new preprocessor macro SECTION() to vmlinux.lds.h that defines a
> linker script output section with the section attributes commonly used,
> and replace all occurrences of equivalent descriptions in vmlinux.lds.h
> with the new macro.

Looks good - but the name is too generic.
Use OUTPUT_SECTION() as you suggest in the comment below.

If you walk through all linker scripts then keep an eay out for
stuff where the generic stuff can be used.
And see if there is something else that really belongs in asm-generic.

	Sam

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