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Re: [RFC] PowerPC select_section / unique_section
- From: David Edelsohn <dje at watson dot ibm dot com>
- To: Franz Sirl <Franz dot Sirl-kernel at lauterbach dot com>
- Cc: Geoff Keating <geoffk at redhat dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:25:06 -0400
- Subject: Re: [RFC] PowerPC select_section / unique_section
>>>>> Franz Sirl writes:
Franz> I suggested to unify the handling and the followup discussion on
Franz> how to better re-use the stuff in varasm.c. I haven't come around to
Franz> implement this yet unfortunately (and it doesn't look like I will be able to
Franz> tackle this anytime soon).
PowerPC cannot use the default functions in varasm.c because of
its assumptions (e.g., flag_pic). I already investigated that and I do
remember the earlier discussion.
My patch is not a cleanup, it's a correctness issue.
David