Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 5 Apr 2020 18:16:51 +0100 (BST) | From | "Maciej W. Rozycki" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] MIPS: fw: arc: add __weak to prom_meminit and prom_free_prom_memory |
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On Mon, 6 Apr 2020, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> As far as I understood, prom_meminit() in arch/mips/fw/arc/memory.c > is overridden by the one in arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-memory.c if > CONFIG_SGI_IP32 is enabled. > > The use of EXPORT_SYMBOL in static libraries potentially causes a > problem for the llvm linker [1]. So, I want to forcibly link lib-y > objects to vmlinux when CONFIG_MODULES=y.
It looks to me like a bug in the linker in the handling of the EXTERN command. Why not fix the linker instead?
Maciej
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