PATCH: PR ld/4424: Can't link in Linux object files on FreeBSD

[H.J. Lu]

On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 08:51:11AM +0930, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 10:55:54AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > @@ -1053,6 +1053,10 @@ struct elf_backend_data
> >    /* Return TRUE if type is a function symbol type.  */
> >    bfd_boolean (*is_function_type) (unsigned int type);
> >  
> > +  /* Used by alpha, sparc, i386 and x86-64 linkers to link again object
> > +     files with different EI_OSABI.  PR 4424.  */
> > +  struct elf_backend_data *relocs_compatible;
> > +
> 
> This is only slightly better than a flag.  Please make this a pointer
> to the predicate function.  If it's a function, a backend can make
> arbitrary decisions about object file compatibility.
> 

I will add a pointer to the predicate function. But this field is
still needed to compare 2 backends.


H.J.