[PATCH] powerpc/boot: Use address-of operator on section symbols

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Sat Jul 18 19:13:50 AEST 2020


On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 6:32 PM 'Nick Desaulniers' via Clang Built
Linux <clang-built-linux at googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 6:19 PM Geoff Levand <geoff at 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


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