[coreboot] Drivers vs. Objects

[Stefan Reinauer]

Myles Watson wrote:
> Drivers and objects seem interchangeable to me except that drivers get
> registered and checked against devices that are found during
> enumeration, that weren't mentioned in devicetree.cb.  Either one
> seems to get linked into the correct place if the device is mentioned
> in the device tree.
>
> Are there other differences?  Should I2C devices use objects, since
> you can't scan for them?

Some structures defined in the code are put in an extra section in the
binary for enumeration. Those are:

#define __console    __attribute__((used, __section__
(".rodata.console_drivers")))
#define __cpu_driver __attribute__
((used,__section__(".rodata.cpu_driver")))
#define __pci_driver __attribute__
((used,__section__(".rodata.pci_driver")))

All others don't need to be "drivers"

Stefan

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