Re: [avr-gcc-list] Linking and unused functions.

[Theodore A. Roth]

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Alan Kilian wrote:

>
>   I have been trying to use the avrlib from Pascal Stang
>   <http://hubbard.engr.scu.edu/embedded/avr/avrlib/>
>   on an AT90S2313 and at first, I thought the code was huge,
>   but on further analysis, it appears that every function in
>   a .o file gets linked even if it is never used.
>
>   I edited lcd.c and timer.c to remove unused functions and the
>   size of the hex file dropped dramatically. It's now about 10%
>   of what it was before.
>
>   I am not used to this behavior. I'm used to having only the
>   functions actually called getting linked into the hex file.
>
>   Is there something I'm doing incorrectly?
>
>                           -Alan
>
>

  http://www.avr1.org/pipermail/avr-gcc-list/2002-October/002919.html

This is exactly what avr-libc does.

This should probably be added to the FAQ.

Ted Roth

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