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Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 08:22:43 +0200
From: "Roberto A. Foglietta" <roberto.foglietta@gmail.com>
To: "Denys Vlasenko" <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/23] make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections: arm
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2008/7/2 Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>:
> The purpose of this patch is to make kernel buildable
> with "gcc -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections".
> This patch fixes arm architecture.
>

Hi Denys,

 I see your patchset. may I suggest you to take a look to this tools?

 http://www.emn.fr/x-info/coccinelle/

 I think it could simplify this kind of patching for the future.
 I found it reading the kernel janitors m-list and I hope it helps.

 Cheers,
-- 
/roberto
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