[PATCH] Tag sparc binaries with hwcap attribute

David Miller davem@redhat.com
Tue Sep 20 19:23:00 GMT 2011


From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 21:09:25 -0400 (EDT)

> 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.

Please someone review this or, alternatively, consider allowing me to
use my own judgment for sparc changes in binutils.

Thanks.



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