[PATCH] D13212: [ELF2] - Implemented -e flag

[Rui Ueyama via llvm-commits]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-commits <
llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 01:33:16PM +0000, George Rimar via llvm-commits
> wrote:
> > "If there is no symbol named entry, the linker will try to parse entry
> > as a number, and use that as the entry address (the number will be
> > interpreted in base 10; you may use a leading 0x for base 16, or a
> leading 0 for base 8)."
> >
> > But I doubt that it is a real usecase and not sure if it should be
> implemented or not ?
>
> In combination with linker scripts, it can make perfect sense. Many ELF
> kernel images are linked that way.
>

Yes, we eventually need that. But that shouldn't be implemented in this
patch and doesn't have to be supported now.


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