PIC and Dynamic Linking in the Commentary

On 11-Dec-06, at 12:33 PM, Simon Marlow wrote:

> Wolfgang, if you have time, it would be great to braindump the  
> current status of dynamic linking and PIC onto the wiki.  We   
> already have
>
> http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/DynamicLinking
>
> Which is a page you wrote on the old Haskell wiki, but perhaps we  
> should have something in the Commenary about the implementation?

I have started
http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/Commentary/ 
PositionIndependentCode

It contains some implementation notes and a rather lengthy section  
about how PIC & dynamic linking works on different platforms. Some  
things are still missing completely, and it requires more info about  
the implementation, but it's a start.

I haven't even started talking about the implications for the build  
system, which is the area where I am most eager to have other people  
do the hard work...

Feedback is very welcome, I have no idea whether I'm making sense or  
leaving out important things.

Cheers,

Wolfgang