[U-Boot] [PATCH] examples/standalone: Remove relocation compile flags for PowerPC

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Fri Sep 10 21:49:59 CEST 2010


Dear Timur Tabi,

In message <20100616145133.BBDE7D81C69 at gemini.denx.de> I wrote:
> 
> > > we add support to U-Boot to conditionally check for the gcc version like
> > > Linux to know when to use -fno-toplevel-reorder? =A0Or do we use a linker
> > > script that would support more versions of gcc at the cost of more
> > > complexity?
> > 
> > What happens if you use the flag on earlier versions of gcc?  If the
> > flag is just silently ignored, then maybe it's not such a big deal to
> > always include it, and just add a comment saying that it only works on
> > gcc 4.2 or higher?
> 
> It raises an error.

AFAICT you did not reply to this, and the problem is still unsolved.

Do you still have this on your list?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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