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Re: Initial MIPS patch for GOLD - version 3

On 01/27/2012 05:54 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Aleksandar Simeonov <Aleksandar.Simeonov@RT-RK.com> writes:

>> - MIPS needs to have PT_NULL segment to be last in list of segments.

> Why would we ever have a PT_NULL segment?

It's a way to insert a "comment" into the Phdrs.  Such a comment
can be convenient for extensions or special cases that the usual
tools did not anticipate.

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