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Re: [RFC][PATCH] AArch64: use movz/movk instead of literal pools in start.S
- From: Szabolcs Nagy <szabolcs dot nagy at arm dot com>
- To: Boshi Wang <wangboshi at huawei dot com>
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- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 09:35:48 +0100
- Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] AArch64: use movz/movk instead of literal pools in start.S
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On 14/09/17 04:21, Boshi Wang wrote:
> On 2017/9/11 17:11, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
>> On 07/09/17 08:33, wangboshi wrote:
>>> 2017-09-07 Wang Boshi <wangboshi@huawei.com>
>>>
>>> * sysdeps/aarch64/start.S: Use MOVL instead of literal pools.
>>> * sysdeps/aarch64/sysdep.h (MOVL): Add MOVL macro.
>>>
>> thanks, the patch looks good to me (except for a nit below),
>> do you have copyright assignment?
>> do you have commit rights to the glibc repo?
>
> I have read requirements of copyright assignment. I don't have that.
>
> I don't have commit rights, too.
>
> So how can I contribute the change? Could you give me some suggestions?
>
i think your change is just below the legally-significant limit
https://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/maintain.html#Legally-Significant
so i can commit it for you.
but getting your employer to sort it out with the fsf would be better,
in case you run into further issues that need glibc fixes.