From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David and Jannette Uczen" To: "Ian Lance Taylor" , "H.J. Lu" Cc: , Subject: Re: IBM S/370 and binutils Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 10:01:00 -0000 Message-id: <000a01bf22f8$1abeaa00$c081e3d8@duczen--lap.hannaford.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-10/msg00178.html If EM_I370 is different from Amdahl's ABI, wouldn't it be better to change i370 to conform to Amdahl's? --David -----Original Message----- From: H.J. Lu To: Ian Lance Taylor Cc: linas@linas.org ; uczen@mint.net ; binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 1:05 PM Subject: Re: IBM S/370 and binutils >> >> Talk to registry@sco.com. They maintain the lists of official ELF >> machine numbers. They'll give you a number if you ask, although >> sometimes you have to ask a few times. It may help to pull in >> somebody from IBM; they seem to take big companies more seriously than >> free software people. > >I am looking at the draft of the next SVR4 gABI. 9 is reserved. In the >previous email from Joel at SCO, it will be used for EM_S370. > >> >> First, though, is there some reason that it is inappropriate to use >> EM_S370? I don't know anything about the 370, so that may be a stupid >> question. > >Linas, does Linux/i370 use the same ABI as defined by Amdahl's EM_S370? >If we do, we can use it. Otherwise, we have to apply for a new EM_I370. > > >-- >H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org) > >