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Re: ld for ia64-hp-openvms target
- From: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>
- To: David SAUVAGE - AdaLabs Ltd <david dot sauvage at adalabs dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:38:23 +0100
- Subject: Re: ld for ia64-hp-openvms target
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> On 19 Mar 2015, at 17:54, David SAUVAGE - AdaLabs Ltd <david.sauvage@adalabs.com> wrote:
>
> On 03/18/2015 12:45 PM, Tristan Gingold wrote:
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>>> I will add on my todo list to add ld support for ia64*-*-*vms* on latest binutils, any main hidden issues concerning this ?
>> AFAIK, no. The ia64-openvms port of GNU ld was only for cross. Do not expect command line compatibility with VMS link.
>>
> What would be the major issues using GNU ld in an ia64-hp-openvms native context ?
I don't see any good reasons for that work, except for the purpose of having a native free linker on openvms. So the real question is: what's the aim ?
> A layer on top of GNU ld could manage the command line compatibility.
There is more than command line compatibility: feature compatibility. OpenVMS object files have many features that don't exit on unix/linux. GNU ld 'works' as a cross linker because object files created by gcc are very simple (in term of features).
Tristan.