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Re: -fpic no optimization...
- From: Mike Stump <mrs at apple dot com>
- To: Frediano Ziglio <freddyz77 at tin dot it>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 13:41:04 -0800
- Subject: Re: -fpic no optimization...
- References: <1136136395.3388.9.camel@freddy>
On Jan 1, 2006, at 9:26 AM, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
I noted that when PIC is enabled (-fpic, Linux Intel) ebx is
reserved to global pointer. However LzmaDecode do not access any
global data and do not call other functions (no relocations at all)
so why not use ebx register?
This is a known issue and isn't likely to be fixed anytime soon...
the details as to why are gory and beyond the scope of this email,
though, we too would love it if someone fixed this.