Re: PATCH: Fix linker plugin support for gnu linker

["H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>]

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com> wrote:
>>>> By the same token, I have implemented 2 stage linking in GNU linker
>>>> and it works with the current linker plugin ABI.
>>>
>>> But that is really not the same token. ?I am saying: the plugin was
>>> designed to avoid 2 stage linking. ?You are saying: I can do 2 stage
>>> linking with the plugin. ?That is true, but you can also do 2 stage
>>> linking with a much simpler plugin.
>>
>> What I meant was "the work for 2 stage linking in GNU linker has
>> already been done and it is already working."
>
> Thanks to Dave, the work for 1-stage linking in the GNU linker has
> already been done, too. You've ripped that out and replaced it, when

I didn't rip it out. I simply added another pass.  According to

http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2010-12/msg00219.html

Dave won't object 2 stage linking.

-- 
H.J.