Re: optimizations for 3x speedup in ld

[Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>]

Hi Rob,

> So ... how do I push this upstream? 

Well we would love to have them.

But first things first - can we accept them ?  In order for us to accept 
them the FSF needs a copyright assignment on file from whomever holds 
the copyright on the patches you are contributing.  (Presumably either 
yourself or the Mozilla Foundation ?)  I had a look but could not see 
such an assignment in my records, so I guess that obtaining one is the 
first step.  (If you do have such an assignment, please could you 
forward a copy of the confirmation email from the FSF to me ?)  I am 
attaching a form to fill out and send off to the FSF to get this process 
started.

> Should I submit the patch as an
> attachment? It's 69 lines deleted, 458 lines added in ld.h, ldlang.c,
> ldlang.h.

Attachments are fine.  Context diffs are great.  A ChangeLog entry to 
accompany the patch and explain what it does is wonderful.

Cheers
  Nick

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