Re: [PATCH] frv: Remove duplicate output of .exit.data

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On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, David Howells wrote:

> >  When CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is unset the input .exit.data sections are copied 
> > twice to vmlinux.  Remove the copy made to .init.text and keep one in 
> > .data only.
> 
> No, they aren't.  I believe the linker only makes one copy of each section,
> and once a copy is inserted, all other attempts to make a copy of it are
> ignored.

 Fair enough -- a quick test shows you are right.  Wouldn't it deserve a 
comment, though?  I know hardly anybody dares looking into these scripts, 
;-) but those who do, may not be sure this setup is intentional.

  Maciej
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