Why does ELF/ppc expect .plt NOBITS?

H. J. Lu hjl@lucon.org
Thu Jul 24 19:49:00 GMT 2003


On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 09:13:57PM +0200, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 12:07:26PM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > Hi Alan,
> > 
> > ld-powerpc tests expect the .plt section is SHT_NOBITS. Any particular
> > reason for that?
> 
> Because ppc and ppc64 .plt sections are SHT_NOBITS as per their psABI?
> 

Let me guess. ppc and ppc64 psABIs also want .sbss to be SHT_PROGBITS?


H.J.



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