Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 14:33:55 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Cc: cimaxp1!jb@werple.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Better to back out the change to crt0 Message-ID: <199601302133.OAA07456@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199601300518.VAA07386@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Jan 29, 96 09:18:55 pm
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> > By backing out the change to crt0, we maintain the status quo - we don't > > move forward - we don't move backward. All that will happen is that > > people will stop yelling. Sigh. > > Ok but it means that we don't have a way to initialise the threads code.... > Terry had an alternative suggestion, > do you reember what it was? I do, so happens. 8-). Use a linker set to set up an initialization function list. If it's not there, it's not called (so it can't cause it to break). If it is there, it "just works" (and again, the alternative situation doesn't break). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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