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From: arjan@fenrus.demon.nl
To: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] BUG preserve registers
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In article <3C661D89.8070202@zytor.com> you wrote:

> Of course, if the linker would fold strings for us then it would be a 
> helluva lot easier...

Recent combinations of gcc/binutils do this just fine.
The only question is: do we care for older toolchains (gcc <= 2.95) not
doing the optimal thing for 2.5.....
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