Re: [uClinux-dev] uClinux on SH-2?

From: Greg Ungerer (gerg@moreton.com.au)
Date: Sat Jan 20 2001 - 03:37:15 EST


Hi Ken,

Ken Tanaka wrote:
> bgat@open-widgets.com wrote:
> > What are some prerequisites for a port?  I know that gcc's position
> > independent code support for the SH-2 isn't all that great.  Is that a
> > problem?
> 
>         I've heard this gcc probrem.  User programs will be damaged.
> I'd better investigate this first ...

This isn't necessarily a problem. At least one uCLinux port does
not require PIC code for applications. You can run without it,
by dynamically relocating each process as it is exec()ed.

Regards
Greg


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