[PATCH] MIPS bfd: irix script support

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 04:56:57PM -0400, Stan Cox wrote:
> irix6 uses the emulparams script elf32bmipn32.sh (see table below).
> This script is used for irix6 by inclusion in elf64bmip.sh.  This
> script is used for linux by inclusion in elf32btsmipn32.sh,
> elf32ltsmipn32.sh, elf64btsmip.sh, elf64ltsmip.sh.  The intention of
> this patch is to get the functionality of elf32bmip.sh, which is
> included by: elf32bsmip.sh, elf32btsmip.sh, elf32ltsmip.sh
> 
> OUTPUT_FORMAT:
> Setting the OUTPUT_FORMAT should be okay as the following will
> override it: elf64bmip.sh, elf32btsmipn32.sh, elf64btsmip.sh,
> elf64ltsmip.sh, elf32ltsmip.sh.
> 
> GENERATE_SHLIB_SCRIPT/SHLIB_TEXT_START_ADDR:
> Setting this should be okay for elf64btsmip.sh, which sets them and is
> included by elf64ltsmip.sh.  I am less sure about elf32btsmipn32.sh
> and elf32ltsmip.sh.  Any idea why they aren't setting them?
> 
> LINKER SCRIPT TABLE:
> Script                  Used By         Includes                Abi
> elf32bmip.sh            netbsd                                  old
> elf32bmipn32.sh*        irix6                                   new
> elf32bsmip.sh           irix5 irix6     elf32bmip.sh            old
> elf32btsmip.sh          linux           elf32bmip.sh            old
> elf32btsmipn32.sh       64-linux        elf32bmipn32.sh         new
> elf32ebmip.sh           elf             elf32bmip.sh            old
> elf32elmip.sh           el-elf          elf32lmip.sh            old
> elf32lmip.sh            bsd             elf32bmip.sh            old
> elf32lsmip.sh                           elf32lmip.sh            old
> elf32ltsmip.sh          linux           elf32btsmip.sh          old
> elf32ltsmipn32.sh       64-linux        elf32btsmipn32.sh       new
> elf64bmip.sh*           irix6           elf32bmipn32.sh         new
> elf64btsmip.sh          linux           elf32bmipn32.sh         new
> elf64ltsmip.sh          linux           elf64btsmip.sh          new
> mipsbig.sh              irix
> mipsbsd.sh              bsd
> mipsidt.sh              ecoff
> mipsidtl.sh             ecoff
> mipslit.sh              ultrix
> mipslnews.sh            lnews
> mipspe.sh               pe
> 
> 
>         * ld/emulparams/elf32bmipn32.sh (*OUTPUT_FORMAT): Use n32 vectors.
>         (GENERATE_SHLIB_SCRIPT, SHLIB_TEXT_START_ADDR): Enable shared libraries.
> 

This just doesn't look right to me.  In particular, I believe that
Linux will never want that value of SHLIB_TEXT_START_ADDR.  If the same

Why are the same linker scripts being used for targets AND included?  I
think that irix6 ought to have its own file and set
SHLIB_TEXT_START_ADDR there instead.


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Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer