> > OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
> > sets?
>
> I see it this way:
>
> using linker sets means you have to learn and understand the linkers
> language
> to understand how the system is configured (when trying to track down a
> problem)
>
> usi
Pietro Gagliardi schrieb:
> On Aug 1, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Steve Simon wrote:
>
>>> OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
>>> sets?
>>
>> I see it this way:
>>
>> using linker sets means you have to learn and understand the linkers
>> language
>> to understand how the system
> > but all the world uses GCC
> > nowadays, so why bother with portability anymore?
>
> and then when you look at compiling for particular platforms you get to ask
> "which gcc?" because code can be non-portable between them
> (for the same processor), and the options that work are different to
> but all the world uses GCC
> nowadays, so why bother with portability anymore?
and then when you look at compiling for particular platforms you get to ask
"which gcc?" because code can be non-portable between them
(for the same processor), and the options that work are different too. such
fu
On Aug 1, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Steve Simon wrote:
OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
sets?
I see it this way:
using linker sets means you have to learn and understand the
linkers language
to understand how the system is configured (when trying to track
down a p
> OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
> sets?
I see it this way:
using linker sets means you have to learn and understand the linkers
language
to understand how the system is configured (when trying to track down a
problem)
using a bit of scri
> > > Now, on the other hand, I guess kernel is different though.
> > > Isn't it supposed to be one huge piece of magic to begin with? ;-)
> >
> > it's supposed to be neither.
>
> Yeah, but Ron was talking 'bout that kernel from Scandinavia,
> right?
uff-da.
- erik
On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 06:06 -0400, erik quanstrom wrote:
> > Now, on the other hand, I guess kernel is different though.
> > Isn't it supposed to be one huge piece of magic to begin with? ;-)
>
> it's supposed to be neither.
Yeah, but Ron was talking 'bout that kernel from Scandinavia,
right?
> Now, on the other hand, I guess kernel is different though.
> Isn't it supposed to be one huge piece of magic to begin with? ;-)
it's supposed to be neither.
- erik
On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 15:02 -0700, ron minnich wrote:
> OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
> sets?This question just came up in linuxbios v3 and I am wondering if
> I am a stubborn old coot (likely) or if there really is merit to my
> dislike of linker sets.
I tend to d
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:17 PM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
>> >> sets?This question just came up in linuxbios v3 and I am wondering if
>> >> I am a stubborn old coot (likely) or if there really is merit to my
>> >>
> >> OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
> >> sets?This question just came up in linuxbios v3 and I am wondering if
> >> I am a stubborn old coot (likely) or if there really is merit to my
> >> dislike of linker sets.
> >
> > why can't both be true?
> >
>
> I suspect bot
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 3:04 PM, erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
>> sets?This question just came up in linuxbios v3 and I am wondering if
>> I am a stubborn old coot (likely) or if there really is merit to my
>> dislike of
> OK, am I just out of date or is there a real reason for linker
> sets?This question just came up in linuxbios v3 and I am wondering if
> I am a stubborn old coot (likely) or if there really is merit to my
> dislike of linker sets.
why can't both be true?
- erik
For some time now, over 10 years anyway, the GNU world has been using
the linker to create initialized structs, viz:
static const struct cpu_driver driver __cpu_driver = {
.ops = &cpu_dev_ops,
.id_table = cpu_table,
};
(this from linuxbios)
The __cpu_driver is passed to the linker
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