Re: Patch for Makefile to improve linkability of the kernel
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:26:43 +0000 (GMT)
> > One way of solving this kind a stuff is to modify the linking order. This is
> > uggly and even circular dependencies might exist. the "--start-group ....
> > --end-group" aproach seems like a clean, tool-based solution:
> >
>
> A much better idea is to use ld -r and use .o files instead of .a
> files.
No its not. You want archives so you dont simply link the entire mess
into the kernel. The same reason you want static libc as an archive of
object modules not a single .o
Alan
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