Mike Frysinger wrote: > 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.
It's pointing to itself. -Scott _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot