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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>,
	Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com>,
	Joel Stanley <joel@jms.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/boot: Use address-of operator on section symbols
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 11:13:50 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK8P3a1JjQCB9HdRE6chvA5ekOGWUVpSDdPkgqQ+RGz=y06ong@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKwvOd=5nE6fkwp8iw0JqwQFp5KcUaC7RyEf2L6+tkbp9smsvg@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 6:32 PM 'Nick Desaulniers' via Clang Built
Linux <clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 6:19 PM Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Nathan,
> >
> > On 6/23/20 8:59 PM, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > > These are not true arrays, they are linker defined symbols, which are
> > > just addresses.  Using the address of operator silences the warning
> > > and does not change the resulting assembly with either clang/ld.lld
> > > or gcc/ld (tested with diff + objdump -Dr).
> >
> > Thanks for your patch.  I tested this patch applied to v5.8-rc2 on a
> > PS3 and it seems OK.
>
> PS3?  Folks still have ones that can boot Linux?  Those ****ers took
> my Yellow Dog Linux away from me; I enjoyed depositing that settlement
> check!  Hopefully by now, folks have figured out how to roll back the
> system firmware?

I still have the PS3 from Hong Kong with original 1.5 (IIRC) firmware
that I demoed at LCA2006. Haven't booted it in at least 12 years, and
never used it for games or movies other than the free "Casino Royale"
they sent everyone.

      Arnd

  reply	other threads:[~2020-07-18  9:14 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-06-24  3:59 [PATCH] powerpc/boot: Use address-of operator on section symbols Nathan Chancellor
2020-06-25  1:18 ` Geoff Levand
2020-06-25  2:22   ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-06-25 16:32   ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-07-18  9:13     ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2020-07-16 12:56 ` Michael Ellerman
2020-07-18  7:50 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-07-18 15:31   ` Nathan Chancellor
2020-07-20 21:02   ` Segher Boessenkool
2020-08-03 10:06     ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-08-03 11:09       ` Michael Ellerman
2020-08-03 11:32         ` Geert Uytterhoeven

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