Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 08/23] x86: add multiboot2 protocol support

[Jan Beulich]

>>> On 13.08.15 at 21:22, <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 03:17:48PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 04:29:03PM +0200, Daniel Kiper wrote:
>> > @@ -34,6 +57,42 @@ multiboot1_header_start:       /*** MULTIBOOT1 HEADER 
>> > ****/
>> >          .long   -(MULTIBOOT_HEADER_MAGIC + MULTIBOOT_HEADER_FLAGS)
>> >  multiboot1_header_end:
>> >
>> > +/*** MULTIBOOT2 HEADER ****/
>> > +/* Some ideas are taken from grub-2.00/grub-core/tests/boot/kernel-i386.S 
>> > file. */
>> > +        .align  MULTIBOOT2_HEADER_ALIGN
>> > +
>> > +.Lmultiboot2_header:
>>
>> How come you use .L? It makes this hidden while the multiboot1 headers
>> are visible? Makes it a bit harder to see the contents of this under
>> an debugger.
> 
> Good point. IIRC, Jan asked about that. I will remove .L if he does not 
> object.

For this particular one I think it's okay to drop the .L, but generally
I'd like to see .L used more widely for any auxiliary labels (i.e. only
"main" labels - function entry points and data objects - should have
their labels present in the final symbol table).

Jan