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Re: [PATCH] More aggressive --gc-sections

From: Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at act-europe dot fr>
To: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at wasabisystems dot com>
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com,gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org,law at redhat dot com
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 00:55:45 +0100
Subject: Re: [PATCH] More aggressive --gc-sections
References: <200403181709.i2IH9HsP018674@speedy.slc.redhat.com> <m3ptbagjot.fsf@gossamer.airs.com>

> To clarify: don't use ELF relocations at all.  Instead, put the
> required information in a special section.  That way the information
> can be backend-independent.  (You can use the ELF relocation format if
> you like, but something other format would probably be fine too).

I'm under the impression that ELF is required anyway (the scheme relies on 
the optimization implemented in elf-eh-frame.c to untangle the EH mess).

-- 
Eric Botcazou

References:
- Re: [PATCH] More aggressive --gc-sections
  - From: law
- Re: [PATCH] More aggressive --gc-sections
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor

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