这是 Linux 内核代码中的任何类型的宏吗？

我在linux内核代码中找到了这个http://gitorious.org/pandroid/kernel-omap/blobs/5ed7607d45b300a37dd13ad1c79adea56f6687ce/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap4panda.c http://gitorious.org/pandroid/kernel-omap/blobs/5ed7607d45b300a37dd13ad1c79adea56f6687ce/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-omap4panda.c

MACHINE_START(OMAP4_PANDA, "OMAP4430 Panda Board")
    .phys_io    = 0x48000000,
    .io_pg_offst    = ((0xfa000000) >> 18) & 0xfffc,
    .boot_params    = 0x80000100,
    .map_io     = omap_panda_map_io,
    .init_irq   = omap_panda_init_irq,
    .init_machine   = omap_panda_init,
    .timer      = &omap_timer,
MACHINE_END

我不明白这是什么..？这是一个宏或结构还是什么..？？？

定义说

/*
 * Set of macros to define architecture features.  This is built into
 * a table by the linker.
 */
#define MACHINE_START(_type,_name)          \
static const struct machine_desc __mach_desc_##_type    \
 __used                         \
 __attribute__((__section__(".arch.info.init"))) = {    \
    .nr     = MACH_TYPE_##_type,        \
    .name       = _name,

#define MACHINE_END             \
};

#endif

但我不明白它是如何工作的？

The 指定结构初始化 http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.0.4/gcc/Designated-Inits.html是一个 GNU GCC 扩展，如果您习惯 ANSI C 编译器，它看起来有点奇怪。再加上雄心勃勃的宏，使它在许多方面看起来像一门外语。扩展后的源码为：

static const struct machine_desc __mach_desc_OMAP4_PANDA
 __used  __attribute__((__section__(".arch.info.init"))) = {
    .nr     = MACH_TYPE_OMAP4_PANDA,
    .name         = "OMAP4430 Panda Board",
    .phys_io      = 0x48000000,
    .io_pg_offst  = ((0xfa000000) >> 18) & 0xfffc,
    .boot_params  = 0x80000100,
    .map_io       = omap_panda_map_io,
    .init_irq     = omap_panda_init_irq,
    .init_machine = omap_panda_init,
    .timer        = &omap_timer,
};