Re: [coreboot] [commit] r5897 - trunk/src/cpu/via/car

[Patrick Georgi]

Am 02.10.2010 11:33, schrieb Warren Turkal:
> Stefan,
>
> Is there a technical reason to split the logical "or" considering that
> the values constants that are known at compile time? It seems like the
> additional orl could be avoided by how the code was before?
>
> BTW, I am asking to learn, not because I think it's wrong.

With the bootblock, it's not known at compile time - it's resolved at
link time:
- first it's compiled
- then linked at a harmless address (maybe 0? not sure)
- then the size is determined, and a new offset is calculated
- then it's linked again, at the new offset

Patrick