aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/api/linker_lists.rst22
-rw-r--r--doc/develop/commands.rst4
-rw-r--r--doc/develop/driver-model/of-plat.rst4
3 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/linker_lists.rst b/doc/api/linker_lists.rst
index 7063fdc8314..3cd447f187d 100644
--- a/doc/api/linker_lists.rst
+++ b/doc/api/linker_lists.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ then the corresponding input section name is
::
- .u_boot_list_ + 2_ + @_list + _2_ + @_entry
+ __u_boot_list_ + 2_ + @_list + _2_ + @_entry
and the C variable name is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ and the C variable name is
This ensures uniqueness for both input section and C variable name.
-Note that the names differ only in the first character, "." for the
+Note that the names differ only in the characters, "__" 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
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ 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
+ __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
@@ -129,17 +129,17 @@ the compiler cannot update the alignment of the linker_list item.
In the first case, an 8-byte 'fill' region is added::
- .u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testbus_drv
+ __u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testbus_drv
0x0000000000270018 0x80 test/built-in.o
0x0000000000270018 _u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testbus_drv
- .u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testfdt1_drv
+ __u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testfdt1_drv
0x0000000000270098 0x80 test/built-in.o
0x0000000000270098 _u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testfdt1_drv
*fill* 0x0000000000270118 0x8
- .u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testfdt_drv
+ __u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testfdt_drv
0x0000000000270120 0x80 test/built-in.o
0x0000000000270120 _u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testfdt_drv
- .u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testprobe_drv
+ __u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testprobe_drv
0x00000000002701a0 0x80 test/built-in.o
0x00000000002701a0 _u_boot_list_2_driver_2_testprobe_drv
diff --git a/doc/develop/commands.rst b/doc/develop/commands.rst
index c72d1b0aaad..ede880d248c 100644
--- a/doc/develop/commands.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/commands.rst
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ by writing in u-boot.lds ($(srctree)/board/boardname/u-boot.lds) these
.. code-block:: c
- .u_boot_list : {
- KEEP(*(SORT(.u_boot_list*)));
+ __u_boot_list : {
+ KEEP(*(SORT(__u_boot_list*)));
}
Writing tests
diff --git a/doc/develop/driver-model/of-plat.rst b/doc/develop/driver-model/of-plat.rst
index 237af38ad4d..b454f7be85e 100644
--- a/doc/develop/driver-model/of-plat.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/driver-model/of-plat.rst
@@ -707,9 +707,9 @@ Link errors / undefined reference
Sometimes dtoc does not find the problem for you, but something is wrong and
you get a link error, e.g.::
- :(.u_boot_list_2_udevice_2_spl_test5+0x0): undefined reference to
+ :(__u_boot_list_2_udevice_2_spl_test5+0x0): undefined reference to
`_u_boot_list_2_driver_2_sandbox_spl_test'
- /usr/bin/ld: dts/dt-uclass.o:(.u_boot_list_2_uclass_2_misc+0x8):
+ /usr/bin/ld: dts/dt-uclass.o:(__u_boot_list_2_uclass_2_misc+0x8):
undefined reference to `_u_boot_list_2_uclass_driver_2_misc'
The first one indicates that the device cannot find its driver. This means that