# Re: \[PATCH v4\] powerpc: Use shared font data

- From: Christophe Leroy \<hidden\>
- Date: 2025-11-06 09:50:04 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2025/11/3284160
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2023/08/2315251/t.md

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Le 06/11/2025 à 05:11, Finn Thain a écrit :
>
> On Wed, 5 Nov 2025, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>
>> 1/ Either build font_sun8x16.o with -fPIC
>> ...
>>
>> 2/ Or add a PTRRELOC:
>> ...
>
> Thanks for your help with this, Christophe.
>
> I fixed up the whitespace problems and forwarded those patches to Stan,
> along with instructions for applying them. He tells me that patch 2 fixed
> the hang. Patch 1 did not.

Fine. Then let's use PTRRELOC.

Will you or David submit the patch ?

Thanks
Christophe

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