On Tue, 2009-01-27 at 12:31 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > Steve Ellcey <s...@cup.hp.com> writes: > > > because the crt files can't handle the large code model if they aren't > > compiled with this option. > > My understanding is that this would likely break old linkers which > didn't do all large model relocations correctly. Right now they > work as long as you don't need the large model.
Are these old GNU linkers or old system/non-GNU linkers? We often require a certain minimum version of binutils for GCC to work. > BTW the standard way to work around large model issues if your > code isn't really that large but you just want to move it is to move > parts of the programs into a .so and compile -fPIC. large is only > really needed if you really have gigantic programs (but then gcc > tends to be also quite slow on them) It's not really a gigantic program, it is a program where he wants to put all his text in the upper address range (using the --section-start option of the GNU linker). Steve Ellcey s...@cup.hp.com
