RE: [ECOS] What is RedBoot_INIT_TAB,

[Gary Thomas <gthomas at cambridge dot redhat dot com>]

On 21-Jun-2001 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's never called by name - that's the whole point of using tables.
The call happens in the main initialization, in the code fragment
quoted above.