> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Hutchinson [mailto:andrewhutchin...@cox.net] > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 4:34 PM > To: Richard Guenther > Cc: Dave Korn; Rafael Espindola; GCC Development; Weddington, > Eric; Denis Chertykov > Subject: Re: AVR gives weird error with LTO > > > >> Thank you David and Rafel > >> > >> I will dig further into collect2. I had noted that avr.h > has the following: > >> > >> > >> /* This is undefined macro for collect2 disabling */ > >> #define LINKER_NAME "ld" > >> > > > > That's indeed going to break LTO. > > > > Richard. > > > > > That seems to be the key issue. > Without #define LINKER_NAME, AVR is running LTO/WHOPR tests ok ! (No > idea if it does anything useful though) > > Now to figure out why it was added in 2000 (rth). Hopefully Eric > Weddington or Denis might have some idea and perhaps know if it still > has a purpose.
That was before my time. I didn't get involved (peripherally) until 2002. So it's either Denis Chertykov or Marek Michalkiewicz (CCed). Eric Weddington
