From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7198 invoked by alias); 14 Feb 2011 13:43:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 7170 invoked by uid 22791); 14 Feb 2011 13:43:25 -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 13:43:20 +0000 Received: from localhost (hagrid.ecoscentric.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ecoscentric.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0ED142F80001 for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:43:18 +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 pKOAxf-Hr61j; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:43:16 +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: ilijak@siva.com.mk 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 13:43:00 -0000 Message-Id: <20110214134316.774E52F78001@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/msg00045.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 #13 from Ilija Kocho 2011-02-14 13:43:15 GMT --- (In reply to comment #12) > (In reply to comment #11) > > > I introduced them because of properties of CPP concatenation ## with respect to > > argument prescan. > > http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/cpp/Argument-Prescan.html#Argument-Prescan > > They are needed if "_name_" is a macro: > > > > #define FOO "foo" > > USER_SECTION(FOO, reg, vma, lma) > > > > Example use case is when the section name is provided via CDL. > > I would keep them but we may consider more suitable names. > > Ilija, thank you for the clarification. I now agree that we should keep them. > Perhaps they could be renamed to CYG_USER_SECTION_START() and > CYG_USER_SECTION_END() to reduce the possibility of a naming clash? John, I take that you are more qualified than me for avoidance of naming clash so I would accept your choice. Just one note: The products of these macros can also be useful for application (zeroing the section or so). Is it possible (and desirable) to place them somewhere else where they will be available to both cortexm.ld and user? -- 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.