From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Wolfgang Denk Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:36:18 +0100 Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH] common: Link with GCC instead of LD In-Reply-To: <1351701168-7293-1-git-send-email-marex@denx.de> References: <1351701168-7293-1-git-send-email-marex@denx.de> Message-ID: <20121031223618.E2C15200630@gemini.denx.de> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: u-boot@lists.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 -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: wd at denx.de If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein