Re: for review: sys/dev/md/md.c patch

In message: <200601301212.k0UCCnu6054149@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Oliver Fromme <olli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
: > just discovered, trying to resurrect picobsd on -current,
: > that the compiler in 6.x/7.x has become smart and, at least
: > with the default compilation flags, will optimize out
: > the "end_mfs_root" string from the object.
:
: Shouldn't it be sufficient to declare the string as volatile?
: That should prevent it from being optimized by the compiler.

I know that for the arm board I'm working on, MFS works great. The
proposed patch looks interesting, but I'm not sure why it is
necessary. I think removing the 'static' would be sufficient...

Warner
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