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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/6] mn10300: use new macros for .data.init_task.
On Fri, May 01, 2009 at 11:00:12AM -0400, Tim Abbott wrote:
> On Fri, 1 May 2009, David Howells wrote:
>
> > Tim Abbott <tabbott@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > > .data.init_task should not need a separate output section; this change
> > > moves it into the .data section.
> >
> > Hmmm... This causes the kernel I'm building to make an extra page of RAM into
> > dead space.
>
> I would try reversing the order of the things inside the .data output
> section, since the stuff after .data at the end of this patch series is
> page-aligned, while the stuff before .data isn't.

I'm looking into creating a WRDATA macro like we have RODATA today.
If that flys then we will hide a lot in that section,
including the correct order.

But it will take a few hours before I'm ready.

Sam


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