[OE-core] [PATCH] binutils: allow distro to select gold as default linker

[Kamble, Nitin A]

Good to see that gold is enabled only if distro config requests it. I have some need which will need disabling gold.

Thanks,
Nitin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org
> [mailto:openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On Behalf Of
> Phil Blundell
> Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 8:51 AM
> To: oe-core
> Subject: [OE-core] [PATCH] binutils: allow distro to select gold as
> default linker
> 
> But ensure that gcc-cross-intermediate always uses ld.bfd since
> (e)glibc won't build with gold.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Blundell <philb at gnu.org>
> ---
>  meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc  |    3 ++-
>  .../gcc/gcc-cross-intermediate.inc                 |    7 ++++++-
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
> b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
> index 4b90972..5a41970 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/binutils/binutils-cross.inc
> @@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET} \
>                  --program-prefix=${TARGET_PREFIX} \
>                  --disable-install-libbfd \
>                  --disable-werror \
> -                --enable-poison-system-directories"
> +                --enable-poison-system-directories \
> +		${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-gold', '--
> enable-gold=default', '', d)}"
> 
>  do_install () {
>  	oe_runmake 'DESTDIR=${D}' install
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-intermediate.inc
> b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-intermediate.inc
> index 92c3ce2..05b5dbc 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-intermediate.inc
> +++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-cross-intermediate.inc
> @@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ CROSS_TARGET_SYS_DIR_append = ".${PN}"
> 
>  # This is intended to be a -very- basic config
>  # sysroot is needed in case we use libc-initial
> +#
> +# Glibc won't compile with gold, and building glibc is the whole point
> of
> +# this recipe.   So we select ld.bfd explicitly here if gold is the
> distro's
> +# preferred linker.
>  EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-local-
> prefix=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${target_prefix} \
>  		--enable-shared \
>  		--disable-multilib \
> @@ -17,7 +21,8 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "--with-local-
> prefix=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${target_prefix} \
>  		--with-sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TCBOOTSTRAP} \
>  		--with-build-sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_TCBOOTSTRAP} \
>  		${EXTRA_OECONF_INTERMEDIATE} \
> -		${@get_gcc_fpu_setting(bb, d)}"
> +		${@get_gcc_fpu_setting(bb, d)} \
> +		${@base_contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'ld-is-gold', '--with-
> ld=${STAGING_BINDIR_TOOLCHAIN}/${TARGET_PREFIX}ld.bfd', '', d)}"
> 
>  do_populate_sysroot[sstate-inputdirs] =
> "${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}/${STAGING_DIR_HOST}
> ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}/${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}/${target_base_libdir}"
>  do_populate_sysroot[sstate-outputdirs] = "${STAGING_DIR_HOST}
> ${STAGING_DIR_TCBOOTSTRAP}/${target_base_libdir}"
> --
> 1.7.2.5
> 
> 
> 
> 
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