[PATCH 12/14] powerpc: Add logic to patch alternative feature sections

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Jun 24 23:47:38 EST 2008


On Jun 23, 2008, at 8:33 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:

> This patch adds the logic to patch alternative sections. This is  
> fairly
> straight forward, except for branches. Relative branches that jump  
> from
> inside the else section to outside of it, need to be translated as  
> they're
> moved, otherwise they will jump to the wrong location.

this should really be part of the 'Introduce infrastructure for  
feature sections with alternatives' patch.  The two are really coupled  
(one doesn't make sense w/o the other).

- k



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