On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:33 AM, Steve Ellcey <s...@cup.hp.com> wrote: > 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). > >
Hi Steve, Can you open a bug report with a testcase? Thanks. -- H.J.
