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Re: What is RedBoot_INIT_TAB,


"Narayana, Venkat A." wrote:
> 
> Hi Gary,
> 
> > >
> > > for (init_entry = __RedBoot_INIT_TAB__; init_entry !=
> > > &__RedBoot_INIT_TAB_END__;  init_entry++) {
> > >         (*init_entry->fun)();
> > >     }
> > >
> > > I found that RedBoot_INIT_TAB is defined, in
> >
> > This table is filled in using the RedBoot_init() macro.  E.g.
> > this is used
> > by the network initialization code in the file
> > "redboot/current/src/net/net_io.c"
> >
> > Depending on your configuration, you may or not have any
> > entries in the table.
> 
> RedBoot_init macro, defines 'struct init_tab_entry' variable in
> 'ecos.table' section. Pls correct me here...my understanding is that
> RedBoot_init(net_init, RedBoot_INIT_LAST) expands into
>   "struct init_tab_entry _init_tab_9999net_init", where this struct
>    has 1 member, which is a function ptr.
> I am going thru the redboot/src/net files, but i am unable to find
> any place, from where _init_tab_9999net_init->net_init is called.
> i.e, who calls net_init and from where?

It gets put in a special section (courtesy of the HAL table magic), which
is iterated through on line 226 of redboot's main.c.

Jifl
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