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Re: [PATCH 0/9] eBPF support for GNU binutils

From: Edward Cree <ecree at solarflare dot com>
To: "Jose E. Marchesi" <jose dot marchesi at oracle dot com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei dot starovoitov at gmail dot com>, Jiong Wang <jiong dot wang at netronome dot com>, "David S. Miller" <davem at davemloft dot net>, "Yonghong Song" <yhs at fb dot com>, Martin KaFai Lau <kafai at fb dot com>, Andrii Nakryiko <andriin at fb dot com>, <binutils at sourceware dot org>, Daniel Borkmann <daniel at iogearbox dot net>, bpf <bpf at vger dot kernel dot org>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 20:49:16 +0100
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] eBPF support for GNU binutils
References: <1B2BE52B-527E-436E-AE49-29FA9E044FD3@netronome.com> <CAADnVQJcfnEh4_ok1o9oWNiaBAdd-2XHiguu1FvPZdnAuXuWBg@mail.gmail.com> <9430cd91-9344-8bb7-27da-c6809f876757@solarflare.com> <87tvdnlhyl.fsf@oracle.com>

On 21/05/2019 20:34, Jose E. Marchesi wrote:
>     On 21/05/2019 19:18, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
>     > I think Ed had an idea on how to specify BTF in asm syntax.
>     Specifically, see [1] for BTF as implemented in ebpf_asm, though note
>     that it doesn't (yet) cover .btf.ext or lineinfo.
>     
>     [1]: https://github.com/solarflarecom/ebpf_asm/tree/btfdoc#type-definitions
>
> Thanks for the reference.  I just checked out your `btfdoc' branch.  I
> will take a look.
>
> Where would you like to get feedback/suggestions/questions btw?
For ebpf_asm?  Either through GitHub Issues, or this address (ecree@solarflare.com).

I'm not actually on bpf@vger (though maybe I ought to subscribe...)

BTW I'm really happy to see someone working on eBPF support in the GNU
 toolchain; being tied to an LLVM monoculture has been bad for eBPF imho.

-Ed

References:
- Re: [PATCH 0/9] eBPF support for GNU binutils
  - From: Jiong Wang
- Re: [PATCH 0/9] eBPF support for GNU binutils
  - From: Alexei Starovoitov
- Re: [PATCH 0/9] eBPF support for GNU binutils
  - From: Edward Cree
- Re: [PATCH 0/9] eBPF support for GNU binutils
  - From: Jose E. Marchesi

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