From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24905 invoked by alias); 14 Feb 2011 08:36:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 24773 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Feb 2011 08:36:20 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from hagrid.ecoscentric.com (HELO mail.ecoscentric.com) (212.13.207.197) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:36:17 +0000 Received: from localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ecoscentric.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EDE62F80001 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:36:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.ecoscentric.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6JLdwiduDsCI; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:35:58 +0000 (GMT) From: bugzilla-daemon@bugs.ecos.sourceware.org To: ecos-patches@ecos.sourceware.org Subject: [Bug 1001142] User defined linker sections. X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: eCos X-Bugzilla-Component: Patches and contributions X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: enhancement X-Bugzilla-Who: sergei.gavrikov@gmail.com X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Priority: low X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned@bugs.ecos.sourceware.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: In-Reply-To: References: X-Bugzilla-URL: http://bugs.ecos.sourceware.org/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:36:00 -0000 Message-Id: <20110214083558.6EF0D2F78001@mail.ecoscentric.com> Mailing-List: contact ecos-patches-help@ecos.sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: ecos-patches-owner@ecos.sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-02/txt/msg00039.txt.bz2 Please do not reply to this email. Use the web interface provided at: http://bugs.ecos.sourceware.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1001142 --- Comment #7 from Sergei Gavrikov 2011-02-14 08:35:57 GMT --- (In reply to comment #6) > The macro is intended to be completely generic, suitable to any variant. We > know that other Cortex-M variants include peripheral memory which could be > used via such a macro. Placing this definition in cortex.ld seems like the > right approach to me. I could envisage a similar definition being added to > *.ld for other architectures in the future. > > The *.ldi files were once generated by a memory layout tool and it seems best > to avoid adding arbitrary code to these files so the possibility of > re-introducing such a tool is preserved. > I do agree that the name "SECTION_user()" could lead to some confusion with > the existing SECTION_*() macros which have a different number of parameters. > I would be happy to use a macro name such as "USER_SECTION()" instead. John, then I "found" such a name too :-), and I like this name and now I would argee with your points about macro placement (cortexm.ld). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.ecos.sourceware.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.