Re: [PATCH v2] video/sis: Use SiS_DRAMType from init.h and annotate it __devinitconst

From: Peter Hüwe
Date: Thu May 03 2012 - 17:40:36 EST


Hi Florian,

> As far as I can see it should be possible to keep the array in
> sis_main.c and just delete it in the header files, shouldn't it? I'd
> prefer to do it this way.

Yes it is absolutely possible to leave it in sis_main.c and remove it from the
header files. I already thought about this when creating the patch, but
decided against it, as the 17*5 = 85 bytes are allocated on the stack, while
they nicely can be put in the .devinit.rodata section ;)

With the patch:
344072 sis_main.o
1200950 sisfb.o
1217491 sisfb.ko

vs without the patch and removing it only from the header:
344176 sis_main.o
1201056 sisfb.o
1217597 sisfb.ko -> ~100bytes more in the final module.

However I'm fine with this and will remove it from the header and squash this
together with the
"video/sis: Remove unused structs SiS_SDRDRAM_TYPE/SiS_DDRDRAM_TYPE"
I also sent to you.


Thanks,
Peterq
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