On Friday 31 October 2008, Remy Bohmer wrote:
Related to the discussion we had earlier today about linking to libgcc I have here a experimental patch that removes the linking to libgcc. I called it experimental because I am not able to test if all architectures still compile properly, and as such it needs more (build)testing before integrating. I tested several ARM boards, and they all compile and link fine.
I am convinced that it is the way to go to remove libgcc of the link list, but if we integrate this patch I cannot guarantee it does not break some builds, but it makes clear which boards are depending on interfaces from a library it should not depend on in the first place. Those boards might need additional patches.
I hope you can find some time to do some more compile testing across different architectures.
it will break Blackfin builds as there are a bunch of places where the compiler generates calls to libgcc
i cant see why you'd want to remove libgcc or why you think this is a correct long term goal, but Wolfgang already made a much more detailed list ... -mike