[PATCH] Tag sparc binaries with hwcap attribute

David Miller davem@davemloft.net
Mon Sep 19 01:09:00 GMT 2011


From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:28:04 -0400 (EDT)

> From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:44:25 -0400 (EDT)
> 
>> This adds a hw-capabilities attribute to record what instruction
>> features are used by a binary on Sparc.
>> 
>> The linker simply accumulates the bitmask of all input objects to
>> produce the output object value.
>> 
>> I've essentially left Solaris alone until we figure out how to deal
>> with the OSABI issues.  Namely GAS will not emit the attribute for
>> the Solaris target.
>> 
>> Ok to commit?
> 
> Ping?

Ping?  I have work that builds upon this both in binutils and gcc.



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