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Re: "ld -r" on mixed IR/non-IR objects (

From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
To: Andi Kleen <andi at firstfloor dot org>
Cc: GCC Development <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor dot com>, Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:48:32 -0800
Subject: Re: "ld -r" on mixed IR/non-IR objects (
References: <AANLkTin0Zt5Ae9o73prUd7S3JyoFDrqpsM1UVjv7UorS@mail.gmail.com> <1ded9adfc601e4298d3db67482b70424.squirrel@www.firstfloor.org>

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> "ld -r" doesn't work with mixed IR/non-IR objects:
>>
>> http://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12291
>
> There are various bugs for it in gcc bugzilla too.
>
>> Some compilers support it. Should it be supported?
>
> Yes. I've been working on it (slim lto was the first part needed for it,
> without slim lto it's imho hopeless)

Slim lto is a workaround, not a real solution. I think this support should be
implemented in ld with help from GCC.



-- 
H.J.

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