Re: [PATCH 1/4] build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 21:18 +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > On Tuesday 11 September 2007 22:47, Daniel Walker wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 21:07 +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > > > This patch is needed for --gc-sections to work, regardless > > > of which final form that support will have. > > > > > > This patch renames .text.xxx and .data.xxx sections > > > into .xxx.text and .xxx.data, respectively. > > > > I think you'll have better luck with this if you focus on a single > > architecture (i386 would be best) .. > > I did exactly that. I focused on x86_64. > > Of course, section name fixes cannot be done per-arch, as they > are scattered across entire tree. This is want I'm talking about .. Why can't you do this per architecture? Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH 1/4] build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux
On Tuesday 11 September 2007 22:47, Daniel Walker wrote: > On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 21:07 +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > > This patch is needed for --gc-sections to work, regardless > > of which final form that support will have. > > > > This patch renames .text.xxx and .data.xxx sections > > into .xxx.text and .xxx.data, respectively. > > I think you'll have better luck with this if you focus on a single > architecture (i386 would be best) .. I did exactly that. I focused on x86_64. Of course, section name fixes cannot be done per-arch, as they are scattered across entire tree. Apart from that, it was x86_64 only. By now, I also have patches for i386 in hand too. -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH 1/4] build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux
On Tuesday 11 September 2007 22:47, Daniel Walker wrote: On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 21:07 +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: This patch is needed for --gc-sections to work, regardless of which final form that support will have. This patch renames .text.xxx and .data.xxx sections into .xxx.text and .xxx.data, respectively. I think you'll have better luck with this if you focus on a single architecture (i386 would be best) .. I did exactly that. I focused on x86_64. Of course, section name fixes cannot be done per-arch, as they are scattered across entire tree. Apart from that, it was x86_64 only. By now, I also have patches for i386 in hand too. -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH 1/4] build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 21:18 +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: On Tuesday 11 September 2007 22:47, Daniel Walker wrote: On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 21:07 +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: This patch is needed for --gc-sections to work, regardless of which final form that support will have. This patch renames .text.xxx and .data.xxx sections into .xxx.text and .xxx.data, respectively. I think you'll have better luck with this if you focus on a single architecture (i386 would be best) .. I did exactly that. I focused on x86_64. Of course, section name fixes cannot be done per-arch, as they are scattered across entire tree. This is want I'm talking about .. Why can't you do this per architecture? Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH 1/4] build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux
On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 21:07 +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > This patch is needed for --gc-sections to work, regardless > of which final form that support will have. > > This patch renames .text.xxx and .data.xxx sections > into .xxx.text and .xxx.data, respectively. I think you'll have better luck with this if you focus on a single architecture (i386 would be best) .. Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH 1/4] build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux
On Tue, 2007-09-11 at 21:07 +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: This patch is needed for --gc-sections to work, regardless of which final form that support will have. This patch renames .text.xxx and .data.xxx sections into .xxx.text and .xxx.data, respectively. I think you'll have better luck with this if you focus on a single architecture (i386 would be best) .. Daniel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
