ld -p usage for arm

Ryan Mansfield rmansfield@qnx.com
Wed Oct 19 14:27:00 GMT 2011

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On 11-10-19 10:20 AM, rain z wrote:
> hello, when I compiled the ARM kernel, I got a command "ld -p" which I
> don't know what it means. so I searched the ld man manual and info
> document, but I didn't find any option about "-p", then I googled it,
> still no answer. and I also read some of the ld source code in
> binutils-2.19.1, but I can't find where it handle it.
> Could anybody tell me the usage of the command "ld -p" for ARM.
> Thank in advance.

It's a legacy option that used to stop the linker from knowing about the 
pipeline length, but now the option is ignored.

Regards,

Ryan Mansfield

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