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From: John Reiser <jreiser@bitwagon.com>
To: Binutils <binutils@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: Initial MIPS patch for GOLD - version 3
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:11:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F235971.9050109@bitwagon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mcraa58mw0o.fsf@dhcp-172-18-216-180.mtv.corp.google.com>

On 01/27/2012 05:54 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Aleksandar Simeonov <Aleksandar.Simeonov@RT-RK.com> writes:

>> - MIPS needs to have PT_NULL segment to be last in list of segments.

> Why would we ever have a PT_NULL segment?

It's a way to insert a "comment" into the Phdrs.  Such a comment
can be convenient for extensions or special cases that the usual
tools did not anticipate.

-- 

  reply	other threads:[~2012-01-28  2:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-24 15:39 Aleksandar Simeonov
2012-01-28  1:06 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2012-01-28  1:48 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2012-01-28  1:55 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2012-01-28  2:11   ` John Reiser [this message]
2012-01-29 12:13     ` Richard Sandiford
2012-02-03 15:40 Simeonov, Aleksandar (c)
2012-03-07 14:26 ` Simeonov, Aleksandar (c)
2012-03-07 14:54   ` Ian Lance Taylor
2012-03-07 19:46     ` Fuhler, Rich

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