RFC: GAS: Add option to generate unused section symbols

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Guys,

On 3/4/22 16:19, Michael Matz wrote:
> This problem was fixed in the kernel (and backported by distros to their
> kernels if binutils was updated); it's fairly simplistic changes.
> 
> I don't see the need for returning (optionally) to the old behaviour
> again.  I mean, at the time, when 2.36 came out, sure, the patch might
> have made sense, but now?


Great - I was actually hoping that this would be the response.  But I was
not sure how the kernel folks felt about the issue, so I thought that it
would be worth generating a patch just in case.  (Besides it was fun to
write).  I am quite happy to set it aside however.

Cheers
   Nick