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From: Jakub Jermar <jakub@jermar.eu>
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To: Dave Korn <dave.korn@artimi.com>
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Subject: Re: [ia64] objcopy and constant-gp
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Hi,

Dave Korn wrote:
>> Moreover, I need to use the same trick for different platforms 
> 
>   Are you sure?  Surely other platforms don't have "-mconstant-gp"?

This is a misunderstanding. Other platforms don't have -mconstant-gp, 
but I need to link empty.o with HelenOS kernel on all other supported 
platforms. So I need a mechanism that is preferably universal and can be 
part of the main Makefile. (And I have found that mechanism thanks to 
the help I received here.)

Jakub