[RFC -next] linux/linkage.h: fix symbol prefix handling
Rusty Russell
rusty at rustcorp.com.au
Fri Mar 15 00:37:31 EDT 2013
James Hogan <james.hogan at imgtec.com> writes:
> On 14/03/13 04:00, Rusty Russell wrote:
>> From: Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au>
>> Subject: CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX: cleanup.
...
> Reviewed-by: James Hogan <james.hogan at imgtec.com>
> Tested-by: James Hogan <james.hogan at imgtec.com> (metag)
Thanks.
> The only other special case of symbol prefixing I'm aware of is in
> scripts/genksyms/genksyms.c. It makes the decision at runtime based
> on the --arch=$ARCH argument, and is the only use of the arch argument:
>
>> if ((strcmp(arch, "h8300") == 0) || (strcmp(arch, "blackfin") == 0) ||
>> (strcmp(arch, "metag") == 0))
>> mod_prefix = "_";
>
> Does the patch below look reasonable in addition to your patch?
> (Note: I'm not sure if genksyms is only used internally or whether
> it's API should be kept stable?).
>
> Thanks
> James
>
> Subject: [PATCH] genksyms: pass symbol-prefix instead of arch
Agreed, I've applied this.
Thanks,
Rusty.
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