[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/3] powerpc, 8xx: adapt a few linker scripts so it will build.

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Joakim Tjernlund,

In message <OF522299D7.A02484A0-ONC125787D.003187D6-C125787D.0032F0AF at transmode.se> you wrote:
>
> > If in doubt, use ELDK.  All examples were compiled with ELDK 4.2 (GCC
> > 4.2.2) for ppc_8xx.
> 
> Have you tried gcc 4.3.x yet?

No, and from the list of bugs I have seen for it (especially for ARM)
I will not invest time and efforts on it.

> I think the mistake was to include the use of -fno-jump-tables in that
> patch too. The -msingle-pic-base part should be a NOP to all gcc's that
> don't have it.

Maybe.

> > > I still don't know why it broke with your gcc but I suspect
> > > it is due to -fno-jump-tables(which is in the msingle-pic-base patch).
> > > Seems like that option in your case makes the code bigger.
> >
> > Indeed. As I cannot see any advantages, I reject this stuff, at least
> > for now.
> 
> Indeed? Does that mean you confirmed that -fno-jump-tables was the cause?
> I can respin the patch without that part if so.

The "indeed" refers to the "in my case your patches make the code
bigger".  I cannot confirm anything else as I haven't tested it.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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