ld uses 2MB maximum page size so that variable page size may be used one day without recompiling everything.
Binaries created by gold can't take advantage of variable page size due to 4K maximum page size. The purpose of this report is inform users this subtle consequence of using gold vs. ld. -- Summary: gold doesn't support variable page size by default Product: binutils Version: 2.21 (HEAD) Status: NEW Severity: enhancement Priority: P3 Component: gold AssignedTo: ian at airs dot com ReportedBy: hjl dot tools at gmail dot com CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org GCC target triplet: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11529 ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. _______________________________________________ bug-binutils mailing list bug-binutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-binutils