[U-Boot] [PATCH] examples/standalone: Use gcc's -fno-toplevel-reorder
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Tue Oct 12 22:47:16 CEST 2010
Dear Peter Tyser,
In message <1284331129-12911-1-git-send-email-ptyser at xes-inc.com> you wrote:
> Using -fno-toplevel-reorder causes gcc to not reorder functions. This
> ensures that an application's entry point will be the first function in
> the application's source file.
>
> This change, along with commit 620bbba524fbaa26971a5004793010b169824f1b
> should cause a standalone application's entry point to be at the base of
> the compiled binary. Previously, the entry point could change depending
> on gcc version and flags.
>
> Note -fno-toplevel-reorder is only available in gcc version 4.2 or
> greater.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Tyser <ptyser at xes-inc.com>
> ---
> I didn't have a version of gcc < 4.2. The change is pretty trivial so
> it should work, but it'd be appreciated if someone with an old toolchain
> installed could give the patch a shot.
>
> examples/standalone/Makefile | 5 +++++
> 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
Applied, thanks.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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