Re: What's the deal with building intermediate .o vs .a files?

From: Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com)
Date: Sun Apr 09 2000 - 19:56:46 EST

Graham Stoney wrote:
> Is there some other hack I could
> use to get "ar" to work with initcall, like treating it as a C++ constructor
> or using KEEP in the .lds file or something?

Anything is possible ;)

If there is an easy way to hack the ld script such that ar pulls in
initcall [other similar special sections], that would cut down on some
errors, I would think.

The general thinking seems to be "your code shouldn't contain dead code
anyway", so getting ar to work with initcall has a fairly low priority
IMHO

        Jeff 

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Building 1024            | realization that it's time to get up.
MandrakeSoft, Inc.       |        -- random fortune

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