[MPlayer-dev-eng] [PATCH] Disable additional optimization if compiler doesn't support __attribute__((used))

[Loren Merritt]

On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Trent Piepho wrote:

>> I wouldn't call it a hack. It is the only way to access static/global
>> variables if you're writing pure asm files, and it doesn't get any less
>> valid just because gcc inline asm provides another way.
>
> If you want to access a C global from an asm file, shouldn't the global not
> be static?

I meant, the only way to access static or global variables in an asm file 
is to write the variable name in the asm. Yes, only a global variable 
would need to be mangled then, since a static variable would be declared 
in the asm file with whatever name you want.

--Loren Merritt