Thanks for clarifying this.

Andy

>Try it for yourself with a test case but globals are globals whether it
>makes it difficult to read or not. Some compilers would issue a warning.
>Adding extern to the one that is not initialized would not hurt though.
>
>L
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Andy" <andy@softbook.com>
>To: <port-macppc@netbsd.org>
>Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2000 6:13 PM
>Subject: Re: interrupt_reg variable
>
>
>> hmm, and the linker is happy with the two same name/type variable
>> declarations? Neither of them is declared extern..
>> Andy
>>
>> >On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Andy wrote:
>> >
>> >> There are 2 global variables called interrupt_reg that are declared in
>both
>> >> macppc/autoconf.c and macppc/extintr.c
>> >> The one in autoconf.c is initialized ( interrupt_reg = mapiodev(...)
>> >> But the one in extintr.c is not initialized but used ( in macros
>> >> INT_STATE_REG, etc)
>> >>
>> >> Where is the interrupt_reg in extintr.c initialized ?
>> >
>> >If they really are globals, then they are the same thing. Thus it is
>> >initialized in autoconf.c. :-)
>> >
>> >Take care,
>> >
>> >Bill
>>
>>
>>
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