From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailout4.zoneedit.com (mailout4.zoneedit.com [64.68.198.17]) by mail.openembedded.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6E7E77D9F; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 22:07:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailout4.zoneedit.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E69320BCC; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 22:07:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mailout4.zoneedit.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zmo03-pco.easydns.vpn [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Ty9ptAnAhw68; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 22:07:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.denix.org (pool-100-15-85-143.washdc.fios.verizon.net [100.15.85.143]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mailout4.zoneedit.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3DB182006D; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 22:07:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.denix.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BA882162525; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 18:07:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 18:07:07 -0400 From: Denys Dmytriyenko To: Phil Blundell Message-ID: <20170710220707.GE26405@denix.org> References: <20170710203642.GB26405@denix.org> <20170710204751.GC26405@denix.org> <598b8f59-0d75-314e-6f18-7f5daa24fa07@gmail.com> <20170710210903.GD26405@denix.org> <1499722526.27415.1.camel@pbcl.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1499722526.27415.1.camel@pbcl.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: openembedded-architecture@lists.openembedded.org, openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org Subject: Re: [Openembedded-architecture] [meta-browser] Chromium and gold linker X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 22:07:11 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 10:35:26PM +0100, Phil Blundell wrote: > On Mon, 2017-07-10 at 17:09 -0400, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 02:00:35PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote: > > > On 7/10/17 1:47 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 04:36:42PM -0400, Denys Dmytriyenko > > > > wrote: > > > > > Khem, et al, > > > > > > > > > > I couldn't find below patch being discussed on this mailing > > > > > list before it got  > > > > > merged: > > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/OSSystems/meta-browser/commit/62e323848f569c > > > > > 4cdea5567b1917ce006d7705af > > > > > > > > https://github.com/OSSystems/meta-browser/commit/55a74501bc65c90c > > > > 86e3236b51ec2dc2fc0145fb > > > > > > > > "ld-is-gold just means that my default linker is gold, however we > > > > build > > > > both linkers, so one should be able to enable gold just for > > > > linking > > > > chromium even if default ld is bfd linker." > > > > > > > > I strongly disagree with such interpretation - this would mean > > > > there's NO way  > > > > to disable gold linker completely, e.g. for when external > > > > toolchain doesn't  > > > > support it. > > > > Copying OE architecture list for further discussion of "ld-is-gold" > > meaning. > > The attribution above is a bit confusing so I'm not quite sure who > wrote what. But it is certainly true that "ld-is-gold" in > DISTRO_FEATURES means, and always has meant, simply that gold is to be > installed as the default linker. In other words, if you invoke plain > "ld", you will get gold, and if you need the BFD linker - usually > because you are using linker scripts that gold doesn't understand - > then you must invoke ld.bfd. See > 207a9013670560d62c793a66f01e19f4760a71a8 from some six years ago for > the place that it was originally added. > > As far as I know, we do not have (and never have had) any > DISTRO_FEATURE that will inhibit gold from being installed altogether, It is not about being installed, but about being supported by the toolchain in use - think of external toolchains not built by OE-Core... The original question was whether it's appropriate to force gold linker in recipes, if ld-is-gold is not set by the distro. > nor can I immediately think of a reason why this would be generally > useful. Obviously, any DISTRO that wants to do this is welcome to > provide a bbappend for binutils. > > p. >