The branch time for the 2.44 release is approaching

[H.J. Lu]

On Fri, Jan 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Sam, Hi H.J.
>
> > I would love to see
> > https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/20240905111452.2554-1-hjl.tools@gmail.com/
> > in.
>
> Ok, so I understand Alan's reservations to this idea.  But I can also
> see the potential utility.  So I think that I would be willing to accept
> the patch, but I do have a question:
>
>    Is the purpose/implementation of the .gnu_object_only section

I added it to

https://gitlab.com/x86-psABIs/Linux-ABI

>    documented somewhere ?  And do other linkers support it ?

I am not aware other linker support.

> I think that the patch also needs some documentation added (presumably to
> the ld.texi file) explaining the support but also pointing out the potential
> pitfalls of using ld -r.

Will add.

> Cheers
>    Nick
>
> PS.  There is also a minor buglet that needs fixing.  This function declaration:
>
>    void
>    ld_parse_linker_script ()
>
> needs to be:
>
>    void
>    ld_parse_linker_script (void)

Fixed.

> as otherwise it triggers a compile time warning message.  (When compiled by Clang...)
>


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H.J.