Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> writes:
> Recently we have seen seveal changes to arch/*/vmlinux-lds.S,
> mainly introduced by the module support but also other changes.
>
> This is first version, where I have converted i386, s390 and sparc64.
> The latter two is not tested, only to make sure it can be used by more
> than one platform.
>
> include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds contains common definitions.
> inserted below + three diffs.
>
> i386/vmlinux.lds.S | 148 ++++++++++++++---------------------------------
> s390/vmlinux.lds.S | 138 +++++++++++++-------------------------------
> sparc64/vmlinux.lds.S | 156 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------
>
> 3 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 293 deletions(-)
>
> The architecture specific files became smaller.
> And adding new stuff is easier.
>
> If this the correct way of doing it - or do you have any better ways
> to do it?
You are changing the Language that vmlinux.lds.S is written in.
It appears to reduce readability by hiding information. I'm not
in favor of it.
Eric
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