[U-Boot] [patch 0/1] [Experimental] U-boot linking against libgcc

Mike Frysinger vapier at gentoo.org
Sat Nov 1 08:11:17 CET 2008


On Friday 31 October 2008, Remy Bohmer wrote:
> Related to the discussion we had earlier today about linking to libgcc I
> have here a experimental patch that removes the linking to libgcc.
> I called it experimental because I am not able to test if all architectures
> still compile properly, and as such it needs more (build)testing before
> integrating. I tested several ARM boards, and they all compile and link
> fine.
>
> I am convinced that it is the way to go to remove libgcc of the link list,
> but if we integrate this patch I cannot guarantee it does not break some
> builds, but it makes clear which boards are depending on interfaces from a
> library it should not depend on in the first place. Those boards might need
> additional patches.
>
> I hope you can find some time to do some more compile testing across
> different architectures.

it will break Blackfin builds as there are a bunch of places where the 
compiler generates calls to libgcc

i cant see why you'd want to remove libgcc or why you think this is a correct 
long term goal, but Wolfgang already made a much more detailed list ...
-mike
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