On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 2:58 AM, Haavard Skinnemoen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > IMO, it's best to avoid such pointers in the first place, especially > ones that are statically initialized. > > Haavard >
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 5:23 AM, Jerry Van Baren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, now I'm curious: what happens if you make the pf() pointer constant? > This will (should) change it from an initialized variable in the .data Haavard, Jerry, your both suggestions are very right, but you are missing an important point: I am talking about porting code to u-boot, libraries with hundreds of files, written and working in other environments - they can't be compiled in as is, and changing them is prohibitively inefficient. cheers, /vb ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ U-Boot-Users mailing list U-Boot-Users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users
