[ia64] objcopy and constant-gp

[Jakub Jermar <jakub@jermar.eu>]

Hi,

the following stopped working for me in ia64 binutils 2.18:

1. I have a binary file and want to objcopy it from the binary format to 
elf64-ia64-little, creating one ELF section in it, the result is called 
empty.o
2. I want to link empty.o with other .o files that were compiled with 
-mconstant-gp
3. ld returns an error complaining about linking constant-gp and 
non-constant-gp object files

So I would like to know if you consider this a regression or if it is 
actually a feature or a fix introduced in the newest version.

Anyway, what I am now most concerned about is if there is a 
straightforward way to specify that empty.o should be constructed with 
the constant-gp flag. (There is an easy workaround for this: after 
objcopy, patch the ELF file manually and set the constant-gp bit using 
some hex editor).

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Thanks,
Jakub