On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 09:50:38PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> My idea was to replace empty and most simple functions by predefined dummy(),
> dummy_zeros(), dummy_ones() and dummy_einval() functions, so they appear only
> once in a kernel image. But is it worth the effort? Note that you don't compile
> all code into your favorite kernel image, only the parts you need for your
> hardware, so you won't catch all empty functions at once.
This really should be a gcc/ld thing. If/when we moved to -ffunction-sections,
all that would be required is a "merge identical read-only ELF sections"
option to ld (or a standalone hack to do the same thing).
Philipp Rumpf
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