On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Leif Ekblad <l...@rdos.net> wrote: > I'm working on OS-adaptations for an OS that would use x86-64 applications > that are located above 4G, but not in the upper area. Binutils provide a > function to be able to set the start of text to above 4G, but there are > problems with GCC when using this memory model. >
Have you tried PIE with small model? You can place your binaries above 4G with better performance. -- H.J.