[PATCH v3] h8300-elf: ld: Use USER_LABEL_PREFIX when generating linker scripts [REPOST]

Hans-Peter Nilsson hp@bitrange.com
Wed Sep 16 04:46:26 GMT 2026


Regarding your recent ping for a gdb maintainer for this part 
of your patch:

On Sun, 23 Aug 2026, Jan Dubiec wrote:

> This version does not explicitly set the entry symbol; the default one
> is used instead.
> 
> The patch also changes one file in the H8/300 simulator testsuite, as it
> is affected by the change to the entry symbol. The patch has therefore
> also been posted to the gdb-patches mailing list for approval.
> 
> The corresponding newlib patch has already been posted: https://inbox.sourceware.org/newlib/20260822001114.1564261-1-jdx@o2.pl/T/#u.

> diff --git a/sim/testsuite/h8300/testutils.inc 
b/sim/testsuite/h8300/testutils.inc
> index 63d27d45c14..75f318c4d4a 100644
> --- a/sim/testsuite/h8300/testutils.inc
> +++ b/sim/testsuite/h8300/testutils.inc
> @@ -20,8 +20,9 @@
>  
>  	.text
>  	.align 2
> -	.global _start
> +	.global _start, __start
>  _start:
> +__start:
>  	jmp	_main
>  
>  	.data
> -- 
> 2.55.0
> 

I see in sim/MAINTAINERS clarified by gdb/MAINTAINERS that I'm 
"invited to do so" wrt. reviewing patches as an "authorized 
committer" for "*" in sim, so I'll "do so".  The 
sim/testutils.inc part of the patch is approved.
Thanks.

brgds, H-P


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