On 2018-04-27 11:36, Ralf Ramsauer wrote: > This won't drop symbols that are marked as used. > > The static, relocateable inmate library lib.a is created by ar. When > linking executables, unreferenced symbols may be dropped, even if they > are attributed as used. > > --whole-archive ensures that those symbols will be linked. > > Whereas on x86, we need --gc-sections.
That's something I do not understand yet: With [1] we will build the whole hypervisor, including x86, with --whole-archive, and that works fine on x86 as well. Jan [1] https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg04816.html > > Signed-off-by: Ralf Ramsauer <[email protected]> > --- > inmates/Makefile | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/inmates/Makefile b/inmates/Makefile > index 595338d5..a8bcf7aa 100644 > --- a/inmates/Makefile > +++ b/inmates/Makefile > @@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ INCLUDES := -I$(INMATES_LIB) \ > > ifeq ($(subst arm64,arm,$(SRCARCH)),arm) > INCLUDES += -I$(src)/../hypervisor/arch/arm-common/include > +LDFLAGS += --whole-archive > +else > +LDFLAGS += --gc-sections > endif > > LINUXINCLUDE := $(INCLUDES) > @@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -include $(INC_CONFIG_H) > endif > > OBJCOPYFLAGS := -O binary > -LDFLAGS += --gc-sections -T > +LDFLAGS += -T > > subdir-y := lib/$(SRCARCH) demos/$(SRCARCH) tests/$(SRCARCH) tools/$(SRCARCH) > > -- Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, CT RDA IOT SES-DE Corporate Competence Center Embedded Linux -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jailhouse" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
