[ia64] objcopy and constant-gp

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Jakub,

>>       .section foo, "a", @progbits
>>       .incbin "the_binary_file"
> 
> this works. But it is rather an acceptable workaround.

I think that you might mean "unacceptable" here... :-)

> Moreover, I need to use the same trick for different platforms and some 
> platforms' assemblers use '%' instead of '@' (but that's managable).

True.

> I think that adding a flag to objcopy that would allow one to set file 
> header flags will be a little bit better.

But very target specific if you want to use printable names for the flag bits. 
  Still it is a feature that might prove useful to other people, so if you want 
to implement it then please go ahead.

Cheers
   Nick