Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 13 Nov 1999 11:01:21 +0000 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: PATCH 2.3.28: drivers/net/Makefile update |
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Peter Samuelson wrote: > > [Jeff Garzik] > > Long term, it would be nice to output *.a files again. How can ld be > > told it needs to link those initcall-only modules into vmlinux? > > Does "--whole-archive" work or does it have unwanted side effects?
The whole idea behind *.a is to be able to remove dead objects, which is totally opposite of --whole-archive.
The problem lies in that drivers which use module_init() can be valid, linkable objects, with no external references at all. There needs to be some way to tell the linker to include all objects which have module_init() in them.
-- Jeff Garzik | Just once, I wish we would encounter Building 1024 | an alien menace that wasn't immune to MandrakeSoft, Inc. | bullets. -- The Brigadier, "Dr. Who"
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