[Buildroot] [PATCH] jimtcl: fix sparc64 compile

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Thu Nov 26 21:34:06 UTC 2015


>>>>> "Waldemar" == Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx at openadk.org> writes:

 > It is general safe to use -fPIC for all architectures.
 > -fpic breaks sparc64 compile.

 > Generally gcc just optimize position independent code
 > for m68k, powerpc and sparc with -fpic.
 > The size differences are minimal, f.e. for powerpc:
 >    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
 >  235983    5336     684  242003   3b153 output/target/usr/lib/libjim.0.75
 >  236255    8456     684  245395   3be93 output/target/usr/lib/libjim.so.0.75

 > So instead of keeping special settings for sparc64 it would be better
 > to always use -fPIC in general.

 > Runtime tested on Qemu ARM, MIPS, PPC and SPARC64.
 > Fixes:
 > http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/98f391ad13f22828c022f185c0166daabdb4c1ad/

 > Signed-off-by: Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx at openadk.org>

Committed after changing the comment as suggested by Thomas, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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