Re: [MiNT] ELF object linking

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 07:39:12 , Markus Fröschle wrote:
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>
> Am 25.02.2014 um 01:03 schrieb Miro Kropá?ek
> <miro.kropacek@gmail.com>:
>
> >
> > aout: 249 708 bytes
> > elf after the tos conversion: 232 908 bytes
> >
> > Considering the fact mxPlay uses gemlib and cflib only it's quite nice
> result.
>
> Since mintlib and gemlib are already optimized for a.out (only one cross
> each, err one source file per function), the size gains you observe are
> probably caused by cflib mainly (not optimized in this respect).
>
> Working with BaS_gcc (where program format is raw binary without
> relocation information, so in theory the resulting binaries _should_ be
> exactly identical), I have often seen that the exact same version of the
> compiler (m68k-atari-mint-gcc vs. m68k-elf-gcc, both 4.6.3 or 4.6.4)
> produce differently sized executables (with the binaries produced by the
> -elf- toolchain a little larger most of the time).
>
> I however never came around to check for the cause of this.
>
>

After compiling the ELF binary, how long does the conversion take ?

If it is quick on a fast machine then maybe it could be done each time
the app is launched, mimicking dynamic linking.

Peter