EI_ABIVERSION usage
Geoff Keating
geoffk@geoffk.org
Tue May 7 22:13:00 GMT 2002
> Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 18:10:26 -0700
> From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org>
> On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 05:05:37PM -0700, Geoff Keating wrote:
> > The specification was written from the point of view of defining an
> > ABI. It has nothing to say about OSs or executables that _don't_
> > comply with the specification.
> >
> > So, if you're not planning to produce a fully conforming OS, then you
> > need to decide which parts of the specification to follow, and what to
> > do otherwise.
>
> This sounds like a toleration of using these fields.
It was just a statement of fact; I didn't mean to imply an opinion.
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> <geoffk@redhat.com>
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