[PATCH v7] MIPS: Sync elf.h from binutils
Florian Weimer
fweimer@redhat.com
Tue Aug 8 15:02:44 GMT 2023
* Ying Huang:
> Hi Florian,
>
> 在 2023/8/8 17:40, Florian Weimer 写道:
>> * Ying Huang:
>>
>>> /I think all new additions are supposed to start with EF_ rather than E_. IIUC the existence of E_
>>> macros has something to do with the old SVR4 ABI registry maintained by SCO long ago: you
> could
>>> only add new EF_ macros once they've been registered with SCO (someone please correct me
> if I'm
>>> wrong). Also I think the new comments will best be spelt MIPS32r6/MIPS64r6 rather than
>>> -mips32r6/-mips64r6 for consistency with MIPS32r2/MIPS64r2 above. /
>>> After this advice, I changed E_ to EF_ and change the related comments.
>> Are there plans to change binutils to use the EF_* constants? Having
>> separate forms is confusing, especially what “syncing” means if things
>> are not in sync after the fact.
>
> No, we did not have this plan to change binutils.
>
> So should I change these EF_* to original E_*?
Please ask the person who requested EF_*. I think consistency with the
binutils usage is desirable.
Thanks,
Florian
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