On Monday 10 September 2007 13:01, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > > > Doing a normal kernel build will link vmlinux three or four times. > > > If we introduce --gc-sections we should add a preparational link of > > > vmlinux where we use --gc-sections and skip it for the rest of the links > > > assuming that --gc-sections takes some time for ld to do. > > > > Yes, this will speed up things a bit. > > If we do the --gc-sections trick during the preparational link then we do > not use the arch supplied linker script. > Will it be possible to create a dedicated linker script that is valid > for all architectures and which only include the KEEP() directives for > the diverse sections?
Unfortunately, -r and --gc-sections don't mix. x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-ld: --gc-sections and -r may not be used together -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
