[coreboot] [PATCH] Multiboot

[Robert Millan]

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:50:07AM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
> Robert Millan wrote:
> > Void-ify a few return types that assume presence of a native
> > coreboot table (and weren't actually used for anything).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Robert Millan <rmh at aybabtu.com>
> 
> Sorry, but I still don't understand the motivation for this. Tell me
> why it's needed and I'll probably ack straight away. :)

With my Multiboot patch, one can no longer assume native coreboot tables
unconditionally, since Multiboot might be used instead.  coreboot_table.c,
which provides get_lb_mem(), might not be linked in.

However, arch_write_tables() uses get_lb_mem() unconditionally as its return
value.  But I observed that this value isn't actually used for anything.  The
caller (write_tables()) in turn uses it as return value, and then it is
discarded by stage2().

So, rather than introducing a bunch of ifdefs to conditionalize this, my
patches opt to remove it.  This way both build options get the size benefit.

Also, IMHO it didn't make much sense for a function that generates different
types of data structures (write_tables()) to have a return value that is
specific to only one of these.

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