[parisc-linux] new gcc-default for hppa

John David Anglin dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca
Fri, 24 Jan 2003 23:23:50 -0500 (EST)


> That said, always in the continuity of this idea, I also notice that ld is
> used to build some kernel parts. Is it  possible (even manually just for
> test) to use gcc in place of ld? (if yes, howto?)

When linking, gcc is just a front end for ld.  You can see what happens
with "-v", "-Wl,-v", "-Wl,-debug", etc.  You can pass any option that
you want to ld using the gcc "-Wl" option.  Gcc doesn't doing any linking
itself.

Dave
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