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Re: MI linker script



On 11/07/14 14:53, Masao Uebayashi wrote:
I want to make kernel linkage use MI linker script, so that MI ELF
section/symbol handling is centralized into the one place.  Instead of
directly link *.o into "netbsd", link an intermediate relocatable
"netbsd.ro".

Why?

The downside of this is that build uses more disk space.  I mean to
compensate that by making kernel build share objects in the long run,
but it will take Long Time...

Another downside is that you're going to break quite a few kernels that rely on linker scripts.

Nick


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