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Re: PATCH: Don't align text/data/bss sections in x86 assembler


>>> On 31.05.13 at 19:32, "H.J. Lu" <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> wrote:
> There is no need to align text/data/bss sections for ELF in x86
> assembler.  The alignment directive should be used if a symbol needs
> a specfic alignment.  I checked in this patch to avoid align
> text/data/bss sections in x86 assembler.

Are you reasonably sure that this will not result in regressions?
While conceptionally I agree with the change (and never
understood why the alignment was being enforced), I think such
a change should only be done by providing a command line option
to suppress the automatic alignment.

Jan


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