[Buildroot] [PATCH v2 0/4] Add support for FDPIC binaries on ARM

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Tue Aug 2 22:08:43 UTC 2022


Hello Ben,

On Tue,  2 Aug 2022 16:21:38 -0400
Ben Wolsieffer <ben.wolsieffer at hefring.com> wrote:

> Introduces support for the FDPIC binary format on ARM. FDPIC binaries
> enable more efficient use of memory on no-MMU systems.
> 
> The first patch reverts the removal of general FDPIC support, while the
> second adds support for FDPIC specifically on ARM. The last two patches
> disable FDPIC when building Linux and U-Boot.

Thanks a lot for this support! Could you comment on which
gcc/binutils/gdb versions have support for FDPIC on ARM?

Thomas
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