Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 1 May 2009 17:11:18 +0200 | | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/6] mn10300: use new macros for .data.init_task. |
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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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