Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] lib: collect library files in an archive

2020-11-19 Thread Jan Beulich
On 18.11.2020 18:31, Julien Grall wrote: > On 23/10/2020 11:17, Jan Beulich wrote: >> In order to (subsequently) drop odd things like CONFIG_NEEDS_LIST_SORT >> just to avoid bloating binaries when only some arch-es and/or >> configurations need generic library routines, combine objects under lib/ >

Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] lib: collect library files in an archive

2020-11-19 Thread Jan Beulich
On 18.11.2020 18:06, Julien Grall wrote: > On 23/10/2020 11:17, Jan Beulich wrote: >> In order to (subsequently) drop odd things like CONFIG_NEEDS_LIST_SORT >> just to avoid bloating binaries when only some arch-es and/or >> configurations need generic library routines, combine objects under lib/ >

Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] lib: collect library files in an archive

2020-11-18 Thread Julien Grall
Hi Jan, On 23/10/2020 11:17, Jan Beulich wrote: In order to (subsequently) drop odd things like CONFIG_NEEDS_LIST_SORT just to avoid bloating binaries when only some arch-es and/or configurations need generic library routines, combine objects under lib/ into an archive, which the linker then can

Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] lib: collect library files in an archive

2020-11-18 Thread Julien Grall
(+ Anthony) Hi Jan, On 23/10/2020 11:17, Jan Beulich wrote: In order to (subsequently) drop odd things like CONFIG_NEEDS_LIST_SORT just to avoid bloating binaries when only some arch-es and/or configurations need generic library routines, combine objects under lib/ into an archive, which the li

[PATCH v2 2/8] lib: collect library files in an archive

2020-10-23 Thread Jan Beulich
In order to (subsequently) drop odd things like CONFIG_NEEDS_LIST_SORT just to avoid bloating binaries when only some arch-es and/or configurations need generic library routines, combine objects under lib/ into an archive, which the linker then can pick the necessary objects out of. Note that we c