[RFC] bfd/vms
Nick Clifton
nickc@redhat.com
Tue Apr 14 08:34:00 GMT 2009
Hi Tristan,
> currently the alpha/vax vms backend in split in 4 files:
>
> vms-gsd.c
> vms-hdr.c
> vms-misc.c
> vms-tir.c
>
> I think it doesn't really make sense to have 4 files for such a minor
> backend. The total size
> is about 150KB, which isn't very large (250KB for elf32-ppc.c, 350KB for
> elf64-ppc.c for examples).
>
> I plan to put all these bits into vms-eobj.c (obj/eobj is the name of
> the vms vax/alpha object file format,
> but because this name is too common I prefer to keep the vms- prefix).
>
> Any objections/comments ?
If the current set of four files is not broken, why change them ?
I don't object to the change if it is going to serve a useful purpose -
for example making maintainence easier - but I do object if theer is no
real benefit.
Cheers
Nick
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