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Re: [PATCH 5/7] sparc: Add <bits/hwcap.h>

From: David Miller <davem at davemloft dot net>
To: rth at twiddle dot net
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 16:41:13 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] sparc: Add <bits/hwcap.h>
References: <1337013660-30676-1-git-send-email-rth@twiddle.net><1337013660-30676-6-git-send-email-rth@twiddle.net>

From: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 09:40:58 -0700

> 	* sysdeps/sparc/bits/hwcap.h: New file, split from ...
> 	* sysdeps/sparc/sysdep.h: ... here.  Use <bits/hwcap.h>.

If you put this into userspace, you're going to break the binutils
build, which defines the ELF HWCAP bits as used by Solaris and
thus now encoded in the the HWCAP section of Sparc ELF binaries
when appropriate.

These values are different from the ones we advertise in the Linux
kernel.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH 5/7] sparc: Add <bits/hwcap.h>
  - From: Richard Henderson

References:
- [PATCH 0/7] Export AT_HWCAP from libc, v3
  - From: Richard Henderson
- [PATCH 5/7] sparc: Add <bits/hwcap.h>
  - From: Richard Henderson

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