Re: [patch 1/5] Use EXTRARW_DATA in architectures

2007-06-16 Thread Mathieu Desnoyers
* Sam Ravnborg ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Hi Mathieu.
> 
> On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 04:30:00PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > EXTRARW_DATA adds a place to declare rw data that will not be mixed with the
> > .data content; therefore limiting data cache pollution when data is put in
> > the EXTRARW_DATA sections.
> 
> I would suggest to embed this inside DATA_DATA in vmlinux.lds.h
> That seems reasonsable to do instead of adding it right after DATA_DATA
> for all archs.
> 
Yes, it will be in my next release,

> From your patch it looks like I originally missed out
> powerpc + xtensa when introducing DATA_DATA - would be nice if
> you could fix that.
> 
>   Sam

Done.

Thanks,

Mathieu

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Re: [patch 1/5] Use EXTRARW_DATA in architectures

2007-06-15 Thread Sam Ravnborg
Hi Mathieu.

On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 04:30:00PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> EXTRARW_DATA adds a place to declare rw data that will not be mixed with the
> .data content; therefore limiting data cache pollution when data is put in
> the EXTRARW_DATA sections.

I would suggest to embed this inside DATA_DATA in vmlinux.lds.h
That seems reasonsable to do instead of adding it right after DATA_DATA
for all archs.

>From your patch it looks like I originally missed out
powerpc + xtensa when introducing DATA_DATA - would be nice if
you could fix that.

Sam
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