PATCH: Tweaks to ARM SymbianOS configuration

[Mark Mitchell]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 11:27:32AM -0800, Mark Mitchell wrote:
> 
>>Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>!   /* SymbianOS uses this symbol.  */
>>>
>>>
>>>Should these changes by in a Symbian-specific file, or are they really
>>>applicable to all BPABI targets?
>>
>>I inentionally punted on that issue because Symbian has raised that 
>>issue for discussion by the ARM ABI group.  The BPABI doesn't presently 
>>specify these symbols, but Symbian is requesting that it should.  ARM's 
>>toolchain generates these symbols, which is why SymbianOS depends on 
>>them; it's very likely that other BPABI platforms (PalmOS) do, but I 
>>have no direct evidence one way or the other.
> 
> 
> OK, that makes sense.  What about the other changes, for instance, in
> placement of .plt?

I think that change is harmless on other platforms, and avoiding 
additional (already hairy) conditionalization seemed worthwhile.  I 
don't mind parameterizing either the symbols or the section order if 
people think that's important; it just seemed like undue complication to me.

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