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Re: Link with mixed IR/non-IR objects
On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Markus Trippelsdorf
<markus@trippelsdorf.de> wrote:
> On 2011.04.27 at 06:49 -0700, H.J. wrote:
>> Here is a proposal to link with mixed IR/non-IR objects:
>>
>> * 2 kinds of object files
>> ? o non-IR object file has
>> ? ? * non-IR sections
>> ? o IR object file has
>> ? ? * IR sections
>> ? ? * non-IR sections
>> ? ? * The output of "ld -r" with mixed IR/non-IR objects should work
>> with:
>> ? ? ? ? o Compilers/linkers with IR support.
>> ? ? ? o Compilers/linkers without IR support.
>> * Add the mixed object file which has
>> ? o IR sections
>> ? o non-IR sections:
>> ? ? * Object codes from IR sections.
>> ? ? * Object codes from non-IR object files.
>> ? o Object-only section:
>> ? ? * With section name ".gnu_object_only" and SHT_GNU_OBJECT_ONLY
>> type
>> ? ? on ELF:
>> ? ? #define SHT_GNU_OBJECT_ONLY 0x6ffffff8 ? ?/* Object only */
>
> I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to simply use:
> SHT_GNU_IRBITS (= 0x6fff4952)
> that has already been proposed here:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/whopr/driver ?
>
> »Thus, we plan to mark the IR sections with a special section type,
> SHT_GNU_IRBITS (= 0x6fff4952).«
>
They are different. SHT_GNU_OBJECT_ONLY section doesn't contain
any IR. It encapsulates a relocatable object file without any IR bits.
--
H.J.