riscv-software-src / riscv-software-src/opensbi
Makefile: -fuse-ld argument is not resulting in the linker provided by the 'LD' environment variable being used
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Description
If an external linker is provided with the 'LD' environment flag, the Makefile will only guess if it is LLD or BFD type, rather than passing the linker to the -fuse-ld argument. If cross compiling this might result in the host linker being used which might not support risc-v.
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Research direction
Start by reading the Makefile logic that handles the LD environment variable and constructs the -fuse-ld argument. Reproduce or inspect the cross-compilation linker selection, then verify that the linker supplied through LD is passed to -fuse-ld rather than being reduced to an LLD or BFD guess.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- build-system, compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100