On Thursday 27 August 2009 11:38:07 Scott Wood wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 01:54:47AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Thursday 27 August 2009 01:11:32 Stefan Roese wrote:
> > > On Thursday 27 August 2009 03:55:57 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > > > +int phy_init(void)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > + /* Initialize the list */
> > > > > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&phy_drvs.list);
> > > >
> > > > does it really need to be dynamic ? arent there static initializers
> > > > so this can be done in .data ?
> > >
> > > Using static initializers fails on PPC because of the somewhat broken
> > > relocation. So this dynamic implementation is the preferred version, at
> > > least for PPC people.
> >
> > so the ppc port cant use the .data section at all ? that doesnt sound
> > correct to me.
>
> We can't have initialized pointers in .data without manual runtime fixup.
> Only .text has relocation information.we're talking about a list structure and its initialized state, it isnt pointing to anything. -mike
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