Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 17:36:14 -0600 (CST)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: ELF wanted
To: lehmann AT mathematik DOT th-darmstadt DOT de
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO
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>I think ELF places more restrictions on code style than COFF (if COFF does
>at all). The code is usually position independent (probably only for libraries)
>but you have to keep one register unused that is used for making calls
>position independent. So converting from COFF to ELF is probably not possible.
>(Well, that's what I gathered from some announcements with Linux moved to
> ELF, maybe I'm incorrect)

No, that only happens if you use -fpic.  Otherwise you get normal position
dependent code and the use of as many registers as before.

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