uclibc patches

Peter S. Mazinger ps.m@gmx.net
Sun Mar 27 17:55:00 GMT 2005


On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Simon Richter wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Peter S. Mazinger schrieb:
> 
> > Would patches to add support for tuple
> > arch-*-linux-uclibc*
> > be acceptable?
> 
> I'm not sure *-*-linux-uclibc would be the right choice, as it suggests
> running Linux with uclibc as your C library, which is something the
> binutils need not care about. I could, however, see a case for
> *-*-uclinux due to the ABI differences and the need for relocation
> information in fully linked executables.

Maybe for binutils it does not make sense, but for gcc (libstdc++)
it will be needed.

Peter

> 
> I am working on implementing "armelf_uclinux" and "armelfb_uclinux"
> emulations which would emit ELF binaries with relocation information for
> ARM CPUs. I'm, however,  unsure about whom to contact for a hint on what
> to change to denote the ABI differences in the ELF files.
> 
>     Simon
> 

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