[PATCH/RFA] SH TLS support

kaz Kojima kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp
Thu Oct 3 19:01:00 GMT 2002


"Clarke, Stephen" <stephen.clarke@superh.com> wrote:
>> Thanks a lot for checking. Is there any problem with 144-155
>> from the viewpoint of SH-5?
> 
> None that I can think of.  (But give Jörn a while to respond,
> the UK superh.com email is out of action for a few days
> because of an office move.)

I'd like to wait his comments.

> Will SH-5 TLS support need additional relocations to the
> ones you've defined?

I think so. Perhaps it requires relocations like
R_SH_TLS_{GD,LD,IE,LE}_MEDLOW16 and other new relocations,
though it's just my guess.

> I'm not familiar with how TLS works - do you have any
> references to a description of the mechanism, e.g. for 386?

I have a paper written by Ulrich Drepper
<URL:http://people.redhat.com/drepper/tls.pdf> only. It describes
the TLS mechanism and contains many illustrated examples.

Regards,
	kaz



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