[PATCH 1/3] RISC-V: Enable shared library and PIE support for riscv*-elf

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Project / Subsystem

binutils / risc-v

Date

2026-09-03

Proposer

mintsuki <mintsuki@protonmail.com>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

—/10

Technical tradeoffs

• Enabling PIE/shared library support for riscv*-elf might introduce a small overhead for embedded systems that do not require these features, though the patch argues the exclusion was arbitrary and not based on any specific technical constraint.
• The change simplifies the toolchain for RISC-V UEFI development, removing a blocker for users needing PIE/shared library capabilities.

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project: binutils
subsystem: risc-v
patch_id: —
discussion_id: jeAeSOc0FC-XFsR2J5imaA5ZNIySqThcvvUHsNxKLy3L9dWW7xf_vp2cyqt6qPLVwnst9J7dnaxSqFvTqJPMBaazkvHUdC3FbdiS-wslOmM=@protonmail.com
source_type: public_inbox
title: [PATCH 1/3] RISC-V: Enable shared library and PIE support for riscv*-elf
headline: RISC-V: Enable shared library and PIE support for riscv*-elf
tldr: Enable shared library and PIE support for RISC-V ELF targets to facilitate UEFI application development.
proposer: mintsuki <mintsuki@protonmail.com>
consensus: Proposed
outcome: proposed
sentiment_score: —
technical_tradeoffs: • Enabling PIE/shared library support for riscv*-elf might introduce a small overhead for embedded systems that do not require these features, though the patch argues the exclusion was arbitrary and not based on any specific technical constraint.
• The change simplifies the toolchain for RISC-V UEFI development, removing a blocker for users needing PIE/shared library capabilities.
series_id: binutils:risc-v: enable shared library and pie support for riscv*-elf
series_role: reply
series_parts: []
tags: • binutils
• ld
• risc-v
• shared-libraries
• pie
url: https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/jeAeSOc0FC-XFsR2J5imaA5ZNIySqThcvvUHsNxKLy3L9dWW7xf_vp2cyqt6qPLVwnst9J7dnaxSqFvTqJPMBaazkvHUdC3FbdiS-wslOmM=@protonmail.com
bugzilla_url: —
date: 2026-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

[PATCH 1/3] RISC-V: Enable shared library and PIE support for riscv*-elf

This patch series enables support for shared libraries and Position-Independent Executables (PIE) for RISC-V ELF targets, specifically the riscv*-elf toolchain. Historically, these features were disabled for this target, but the author argues there’s no technical dependency and other bare-metal ELF targets support them. The primary motivation is to enable the building of UEFI applications, which require PIE or shared library support.