Subject: Re: brcmsmac: make const array ucode_ofdm_rates static, reduces object code size

From: Kalle Valo <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2017 08:23:34 +0000 (UTC)

Colin Ian King <[email-masked]> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <[email-masked]>
> 
> Don't populate const array ucode_ofdm_rates on the stack, instead make it
> static. Makes the object code smaller by 100 bytes:
> 
> Before:
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   39482	    564	      0	  40046	   9c6e	phy_cmn.o
> 
> After
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   39326	    620	      0	  39946	   9c0a	phy_cmn.o
> 
> (gcc 6.3.0, x86-64)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <[email-masked]>
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <[email-masked]>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

d5633bb2c62a brcmsmac: make const array ucode_ofdm_rates static, reduces object code size

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