* Re: elf32-hppa questions
1999-07-01 0:00 elf32-hppa questions Toshi Morita
@ 1999-07-01 0:00 ` Jeffrey A Law
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From: Jeffrey A Law @ 1999-07-01 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Toshi Morita; +Cc: binutils
In message < 199906180708.AAA07672@shell14.ba.best.com >you write:
>
> I understand that elf32-hppa has problems, and it usage is deprecated,
> and etc, but I have but one question...
>
> Does it work well enough that it should be able to build a Linux kernel?
No.
> Does binutils for the elf32-hppa work correctly enough to do this?
No.
jeff
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* elf32-hppa questions
@ 1999-07-01 0:00 Toshi Morita
1999-07-01 0:00 ` Jeffrey A Law
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From: Toshi Morita @ 1999-07-01 0:00 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: binutils
I understand that elf32-hppa has problems, and it usage is deprecated,
and etc, but I have but one question...
Does it work well enough that it should be able to build a Linux kernel?
I understand that a large number of relocations specified by the HP
standard ELF document are not supported. However, compatibility with
HP-generated object files is (obviously) not necessary to build a working
kernel.
All that's really necessary is for binutils to write object files
which it can later read to produce a valid absolute ELF file.
The actual format of the object files isn't important as long as
the BFD can read and write them well enough to produce a correct
final absolute ELF file.
Does binutils for the elf32-hppa work correctly enough to do this?
Toshi
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