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Re: [Patch mach-o 3/3] section directives needed to support GCC

From: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
To: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>
Cc: Iain Sandoe <developer at sandoe-acoustics dot co dot uk>, binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:59:36 +1030
Subject: Re: [Patch mach-o 3/3] section directives needed to support GCC
References: <359DE0F5-CC35-4171-9AEB-FBE6E55AD3FA@sandoe-acoustics.co.uk> <DE8A98AF-A078-49CC-B086-F000B56B0D20@adacore.com>

On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 10:50:26AM +0100, Tristan Gingold wrote:
> 
> On Dec 13, 2011, at 3:23 AM, Iain Sandoe wrote:
> 
> > 
> > mach-o defaults to starting up with only the text section defined -
> > the data and bss sections are created on demand and not emitted otherwise.
> > 
> > further, it is possible to suppress even the text section, such that an object file can contain only specialized sections
> > (TODO to implement the c/l switch to do this).
> 
> As this touches common code, I can't approve it.

I'll OK the as.c changes if you're happy with the rest.

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM

References:
- [Patch mach-o 3/3] section directives needed to support GCC
  - From: Iain Sandoe
- Re: [Patch mach-o 3/3] section directives needed to support GCC
  - From: Tristan Gingold

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