Re: PPC Java fix and better relocation error reporting

[Geoff Keating <geoffk at geoffk dot org>]

> From: Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com>
> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 21:31:06 +0100
> Cc: libc-alpha@sources.redhat.com
> 
> On Tuesday 02 January 2001 20:50, Geoff Keating wrote:
> > Hi Franz,
> >
> > Could you split your patch into two pieces for the two separate things
> > it does?
> >
> > I don't remember what the resolution was last time someone asked for
> >
> > 	* sysdeps/powerpc/elf/start.S (__data_start): Make it global.
> 
> It is the accepted solution now, a few ports have been updated during the 
> last weeks, just look at the ChangeLog:
> 
> 2000-12-07  Jes Sorensen  <jes@linuxcare.com>
>  
>         * sysdeps/ia64/elf/start.S (__data_start): Add __data_start variable.
>         Pointed out by Hans Boehm.
> ...
> 2000-12-05  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
>  
>         * sysdeps/alpha/elf/start.S (__data_start): Define.
> 
> That's why I reposted the patch, I carry it around since a looong time now.

OK, then, but the libc is the wrong place for it; it should be in the
linker scripts for powerpc, so that it works for embedded platforms
too.

-- 
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>