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Re: [PATCH/RFA] Generic OS ABI handling
On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 01:35:30PM +0100, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> Sorry Jason, I don't think this is correct. I don't think that it will
> correctly handle the fact that existing GNU binutils tools for ARM set the
> ELFOSABI field to ELFOSABI_ARM for starters, or the fact that ARM's
D'oh, yes, you're right.
> Maybe a sniffer registration should be able to set a priority level (maybe
> just SPECIFIC/GENERIC) in a return field, then a SPECIFIC selection will
> always override a GENERIC selection. A generic sniffer would always be
> registered as returning a GENERIC match, and specific system sniffers
> could override that.
Hm. Since there's already bfd_arch_unknown for wildcarded sniffers,
a sniffer with bfd_arch_<...> could be considered "specific". I coded
this up, updated the docs, and will post another patch with the change
in a separate message.
> Is not strictly correct (it's a derivative of a comment that I wrote
> before I fully understood the meaning of this field).
Okay, fixed.
Thanks!
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>