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| From | "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [RFC v1 5/8] x86/init: move ebda reservations into linker table |
| Date | 2015-12-18 00:50 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qGQt4-6k7-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <qG66R-1Iz-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <qG66S-1Iz-37@gated-at.bofh.it> <qGNES-4pE-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <qGNOy-4t5-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <qGNOy-4t5-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:57:49PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:55 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > > On 12/17/15 12:48, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > >> > >> I'm entirely ignorant of anything going on in gPXE/iPXE. > >> > >> Can you explain what a linker table *does*? It looks like all you've > >> done in this patch is to move code around. What actually happens? > >> > > > > A linker table is a data structure that is stitched together from items > > in multiple object files. > > > > We already have a *bunch* of linker tables in Linux, mostly the init > > tables, but they are all built in an ad hoc manner which requires linker > > script modifications, which are of course per architecture. > > > > My desire would be to make a general linker table facility so that a new > > linker table can be implemented by changing C code only. > > Sounds good to me. That's what this actually accomplishes, there are just a few caveats to consider, more on this shortly on the other thread in this patch series. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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[RFC v1 5/8] x86/init: move ebda reservations into linker table "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-12-15 23:20 +0100
Re: [RFC v1 5/8] x86/init: move ebda reservations into linker table Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-12-17 21:50 +0100
Re: [RFC v1 5/8] x86/init: move ebda reservations into linker table Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2015-12-17 22:00 +0100
Re: [RFC v1 5/8] x86/init: move ebda reservations into linker table "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com> - 2015-12-18 00:50 +0100
Re: [RFC v1 5/8] x86/init: move ebda reservations into linker table "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2015-12-17 22:00 +0100
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