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Re: new way of generating crt[ni].o [patch]


Zack Weinberg <zack@bitmover.com> writes:

> The new x86 back end wants to generate trampolines to load the PIC
> base register all the time (yes, even with -march=i386).  The current
> crt[in] generation can't handle this.  So I rewrote it again.

It looks interesting but this whole changes really suggest that we go
with hand-written code.  It's only a few lines.  We could keep the
current scheme (maybe your rewrite) as a backup solution, e.g., to help
new ports to a quick start.

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