Re: [PATCH] Add AARCH64 relocation constants to elf/elf.h

["Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>]

On 08/30/2013 02:16 PM, pinskia@gmail.com wrote:
> On Aug 30, 2013, at 10:52 AM, "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 08/29/2013 08:12 PM, Petr Machata wrote:
>>> Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> If the names are still in flux, then I think we're better off waiting to
>>>> add any names that might change, rather than adding them now and changing
>>>> them later.
>>>
>>> The names that will be changed have already been added to elf.h in the
>>> past.  I don't include the renaming (of those existing constants) in my
>>> patch, as the normative document is not yet out.
>>
>> Your patch also does some whitespace changes that should not be in the same
>> patch as one that adds or renames new constants.
>>
>> If we have to rename constants I'd like to see two patches, one that adds
>> constants, and another that renames.
>>
>> I'd also prefer strongly to wait for the normative document to be published
>> by ARM, but that doesn't mean you can't have a branch ready with this patch
>> so we can cherry-pick it in immediately.
> 
> I am almost ready to submit a patch which depends on the renaming due
> to the patch adding support for ilp32 abi. I would like the renaming
> patch to go in before mine. I don't know what arm's schedule to
> release the abi document though.

Andrew,

Would you mind reaching out to ARM and asking?

I've CC'd Richard Earnshaw in the event that he knows the answer.

Richard,

Do you know when ARM will release a canonical ABI document with the
final names of the AArch64 relocations, if it hasn't done so already?

Cheers,
Carlos.