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Re: add vtable relocs for Alpha
- To: pb at futuretv dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, aj at suse dot de
- Subject: Re: add vtable relocs for Alpha
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 11:09:43 -0800
- References: <E14DlPP-000625-00@pig.labs.futuretv.com> <20010103094044.B14755@redhat.com> <hog0hbue5c.fsf@gee.suse.de> <si7l2m348l.fsf@daffy.airs.com>
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 10:41:14AM -0800, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > Richard, in which way should it be rewritten? What should be done in
> > general with new targets?
>
> It should be rewritten to not use relocation entries. Using
> relocation entries requires changes to every single ELF target file.
>
> Instead, the vtable information should be stored in special sections.
> The linker should read the information out of those sections. This
> can be done in generic code in elflink.[ch].
Exactly.
r~