From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 09:43:03 +0200
Subject: [U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] [ARM] Fix DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR and
	make gd global
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In message <46EB7145.1050307@googlemail.com> you wrote:
>
> Some users [1] with (some?) ARM toolchains report issues with
> #define DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR     register volatile gd_t *gd asm ("r8")
> in include/asm-arm/global_data.h
> The issue seems to be [2]

Can you please point out specific boards that show this problem?

> This patch makes DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR empty, so no local register
> variable any more, and makes gd global.

Actually this should not be  needed  any  more  as  all  use  of  the
DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR  (should)  have  been  moved outside function
bodies, so we already use a global definition. If there are remaining
places where this has been forgotten I'd rather fix these.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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