Dear Mike Frysinger, > On Saturday 07 July 2012 23:08:14 Marek Vasut wrote: > > +/* > > + * DEFINE_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER() is similar to ALLOC_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER, > > but it's + * purpose is to allow allocating aligned buffers outside of > > function scope. + * Usage of this macro shall be avoided or used with > > extreme care! + */ > > +#define DEFINE_CACHE_ALIGN_BUFFER(type, name, size) \ > > + static char __##name[roundup(size * sizeof(type), ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN)] \ > > + __aligned(ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN); \ > > + \ > > + static type *name = (type *)__##name; > > how is this any different from doing: > static __u8 foo[1234] __aligned(ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN); > -mike
Does __aligned() align both start of the buffer downwards and end of it upwards ? Best regards, Marek Vasut _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
