Re: Patch for Makefile to improve linkability of the kernel

root (root@fenrus.demon.nl)
Mon, 14 Dec 1998 20:00:17 +0100


>> The solution
>> ------------
>> 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.

I don't think Linus is up to a change this big. The --start-group change is
small and reasonably clean; changing the entire building-system to use .o
files isn't (at least for me).

Greetings,
Arjan van de Ven

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