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DT_FLAG/FEATURE bits?
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at twiddle dot net>
- To: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 00:13:19 -0800
- Subject: DT_FLAG/FEATURE bits?
Is there any provision for processor-specific allocation of these
bits, or should I just look to add a new DT_ALPHA_FOO entry?
While re-doing the alpha trampoline code, I am shocked that I didn't,
back at the dawn of time, force the division routines to not use plt
entries. Saving ~35 registers that otherwise don't need saving just
to let these 6 functions be lazy relocated doesn't seem like a good
tradeoff. I'm pondering ways in which this might be fixed in a
moderately backward-compatible manner.
r~