From: Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] common: Link with GCC instead of LD
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:36:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20121031223618.E2C15200630@gemini.denx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1351701168-7293-1-git-send-email-marex@denx.de>
Dear Marek Vasut,
In message <1351701168-7293-1-git-send-email-marex@denx.de> you wrote:
> Flip over from linking with LD to linking with GCC. This has some
> long-term benefits, like easy path to enabling LTO.
Could you please explain these supposed benefits in a bit more detail?
Please excuse my ignorance, but so far I see just added complexity,
but I don't see what it buys us.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-31 22:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-31 16:32 [U-Boot] [PATCH] common: Link with GCC instead of LD Marek Vasut
2012-10-31 19:51 ` Andreas Bießmann
2012-10-31 20:52 ` Marek Vasut
2012-10-31 22:36 ` Wolfgang Denk [this message]
2012-10-31 22:48 ` Tom Rini
2012-10-31 23:28 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-10-31 23:39 ` Tom Rini
2012-10-31 22:51 ` Marek Vasut
2012-10-31 23:32 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-10-31 23:45 ` Marek Vasut
2012-11-01 0:00 ` Wolfgang Denk
2012-11-01 0:06 ` Marek Vasut
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