From 21ab20bc64f5608d9341b1878fa1c5a569b471d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 16:32:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] rules: prepare to use different linkers

This explicitely adds the default linker to the target LDFLAGS.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
---
 rules.mk | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index 58c53705a2..1cedd91aa8 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@ ifndef DUMP
     endif
   endif
 endif
+
+TARGET_LINKER?=bfd
+TARGET_LDFLAGS+= -fuse-ld=$(TARGET_LINKER)
+
 TARGET_PATH_PKG:=$(STAGING_DIR)/host/bin:$(STAGING_DIR_HOSTPKG)/bin:$(TARGET_PATH)
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SOFT_FLOAT),y)
@@ -252,6 +256,7 @@ TARGET_RANLIB:=$(TARGET_CROSS)gcc-ranlib
 TARGET_NM:=$(TARGET_CROSS)gcc-nm
 TARGET_CC:=$(TARGET_CROSS)gcc
 TARGET_CXX:=$(TARGET_CROSS)g++
+TARGET_LD:=$(TARGET_CROSS)ld.$(TARGET_LINKER)
 KPATCH:=$(SCRIPT_DIR)/patch-kernel.sh
 FILECMD:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/file
 SED:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/sed -i -e
@@ -305,7 +310,7 @@ endif
 TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS = \
   AR="$(TARGET_AR)" \
   AS="$(TARGET_CC) -c $(TARGET_ASFLAGS)" \
-  LD=$(TARGET_CROSS)ld \
+  LD="$(TARGET_LD)" \
   NM="$(TARGET_NM)" \
   CC="$(TARGET_CC)" \
   GCC="$(TARGET_CC)" \