From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Frysinger Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:11:17 -0400 Subject: [U-Boot] [patch 0/1] [Experimental] U-boot linking against libgcc In-Reply-To: <20081031223732.621253131@bohmer.net> References: <20081031223732.621253131@bohmer.net> Message-ID: <200811010311.18210.vapier@gentoo.org> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.denx.de 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 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 835 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/attachments/20081101/f364f5a2/attachment.pgp