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

[H.J. Lu]

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:24 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> On 12/07/2010 04:20 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
>>
>> The only problem left is mixing of lto and non lto objects. this right
>> now is not handled. IMHO still the best way to handle it is to use
>> slim lto and then simply separate link the "left overs" after deleting
>> the LTO objects. This can be actually done with objcopy (with some
>> limitations), doesn't even need linker support.
>>
>
> Quite possibly a better way to deal with that is to provide a mechanism
> for encapsulating arbitrary binary code objects inside the LTO IR.
>

If IR supports it, we can use it instead of magic section name.

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H.J.