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diff --git a/Documentation/linker_lists.rst b/Documentation/linker_lists.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 72f514e0ac..0000000000 --- a/Documentation/linker_lists.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,100 +0,0 @@ -.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ - -Linker-Generated Arrays -======================= - -A linker list is constructed by grouping together linker input -sections, each containing one entry of the list. Each input section -contains a constant initialized variable which holds the entry's -content. Linker list input sections are constructed from the list -and entry names, plus a prefix which allows grouping all lists -together. Assuming _list and _entry are the list and entry names, -then the corresponding input section name is - -:: - - .u_boot_list_ + 2_ + @_list + _2_ + @_entry - -and the C variable name is - -:: - - _u_boot_list + _2_ + @_list + _2_ + @_entry - -This ensures uniqueness for both input section and C variable name. - -Note that the names differ only in the first character, "." for the -section and "_" for the variable, so that the linker cannot confuse -section and symbol names. From now on, both names will be referred -to as - -:: - - %u_boot_list_ + 2_ + @_list + _2_ + @_entry - -Entry variables need never be referred to directly. - -The naming scheme for input sections allows grouping all linker lists -into a single linker output section and grouping all entries for a -single list. - -Note the two '_2_' constant components in the names: their presence -allows putting a start and end symbols around a list, by mapping -these symbols to sections names with components "1" (before) and -"3" (after) instead of "2" (within). -Start and end symbols for a list can generally be defined as - -:: - - %u_boot_list_2_ + @_list + _1_... - %u_boot_list_2_ + @_list + _3_... - -Start and end symbols for the whole of the linker lists area can be -defined as - -:: - - %u_boot_list_1_... - %u_boot_list_3_... - -Here is an example of the sorted sections which result from a list -"array" made up of three entries : "first", "second" and "third", -iterated at least once. - -:: - - .u_boot_list_2_array_1 - .u_boot_list_2_array_2_first - .u_boot_list_2_array_2_second - .u_boot_list_2_array_2_third - .u_boot_list_2_array_3 - -If lists must be divided into sublists (e.g. for iterating only on -part of a list), one can simply give the list a name of the form -'outer_2_inner', where 'outer' is the global list name and 'inner' -is the sub-list name. Iterators for the whole list should use the -global list name ("outer"); iterators for only a sub-list should use -the full sub-list name ("outer_2_inner"). - -Here is an example of the sections generated from a global list -named "drivers", two sub-lists named "i2c" and "pci", and iterators -defined for the whole list and each sub-list: - -:: - - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_1 - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_1 - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_2_first - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_2_first - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_2_second - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_2_third - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_i2c_3 - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_pci_1 - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_pci_2_first - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_pci_2_second - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_pci_2_third - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_2_pci_3 - %u_boot_list_2_drivers_3 - -.. kernel-doc:: include/linker_lists.h - :internal: |