On 14.08.2010 11:40, Stefan Reinauer wrote: > On 8/12/10 9:27 PM, Patrick Georgi wrote: > >> 1. [...] >> This one looks for the size of .bss and .data (initialized and >> uninitialized globals) and breaks the build if it finds any. It doesn't >> tell, which global variables are involved. >> >> >> 2. Add .bss and .data to /DISCARD/. >> [...] >> > I prefer option one, too, as > - it catches all global variables, not just the used ones. We want to be > sure that no such code sneaks in even if it's not used. > - it provides a clear error message on what is wrong, inszead of the > more cryptic one saying that a variable is defined in a discarded section. >
Should we move some of the section checking of v3 to v4 as well? I will soon have a bit more free time and plan to get up to speed on coreboot development again. Regards, Carl-Daniel -- http://www.hailfinger.org/ -- coreboot mailing list: [email protected] http://www.coreboot.org/mailman/listinfo/coreboot
