FatELF: universal binaries for Linux [LWN.net]

FatELF: universal binaries for Linux

Posted Nov 5, 2009 18:16 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: FatELF: universal binaries for Linux by Darkmere
Parent article: FatELF: universal binaries for Linux

Support for -ftooth-fairy was added to GCC a few weeks ago.

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FatELF: universal binaries for Linux

Posted Nov 6, 2009 20:02 UTC (Fri) by Darkmere (subscriber, #53695) [Link] (2 responses)

Only things left are full system profile guided optimizations (Buildsystem issue I suspect) and working link time optimization (For things like firefox. -fwhole-program and similar are. interesting.)

FatELF: universal binaries for Linux

Posted Nov 6, 2009 20:36 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (1 responses)

Well, the point of -fwhopr is to make LTO optimizations practical even for
very large programs, without needing insane amounts of memory. So that's
been added too.

FatELF: universal binaries for Linux

Posted Nov 7, 2009 2:28 UTC (Sat) by Darkmere (subscriber, #53695) [Link]

Oh, seems they really did add my -ponies then!