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Re: [Patch] sh64: Fix gas testsuite expected output


On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 10:38:11AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:

 > They don't like a reasonable SVR4 system to me. It is more like a
 > standalone or embedded ABI. That is why I suggested ELF/sh should set
 > 
 > #define ELFOSABI_STANDALONE 255 /* Standalone (embedded) application */
 > 
 > We should create elf*-sh*-svr.c for SVR4 and use
 > 
 > #define ELFOSABI_NONE   0       /* UNIX System V ABI */
 > 
 > We should do it now before it is too late.

HJ's suggestion seems reasonable to me.  Certainly the '-' prefix on the
symbol names in the "stock" SH ELF make the objects incompatible with
ELF objects from Unix systems.

(Though, instead of "-svr", I'd suggest "-unix" or "-unx" as the BFD
target suffix :-)

-- 
        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>


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