Fwd: Re: Request ELF e_machine number for Linux BPF

Fwd: Re: Request ELF e_machine number for Linux BPF

[Richard Henderson]

Well, that was quick.

Would someone from the iovisor project like to be the official contact for 
this?  Otherwise I'll give them contact details for Red Hat.


r~


-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	Re: Request ELF e_machine number for Linux BPF
Date: 	Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:15:49 +0200
From: 	Michael.Brinke-Engel <mikebren@xinuos.com>
To: 	Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>, registry@sco.com, registry@uxsglobal.com



Hi RIchard,

Thanks for your request.

The following values for your request will be added to the web document of gABI:

EM_BPF    247    Linux BPF – in-kernel virtual machine

Can you please let me have the necessary details for the official contact with 
regard to this entry:

*Contact info for EM_BPF*

   * Name    ???
   * Phone   ???
   * E-mail    ???


Regards,

Michael Brinke-Engel

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Am 16.06.2016 um 22:54 schrieb Richard Henderson:

> The Linux kernel supports a virtual machine derived from the Berkeley Packet
> Filter (BPF) virtual machine.  LLVM has a compiler backend targeting this
> virtual machine, which produces ELF object files.
>
> Currently, the LLVM backend is using EM_NONE, which is less than optimal for
> the rest of the compiler tool chain.
>
> We request an official number for the symbolic name EM_BPF, so as to improve
> this situation.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> r~

Re: [iovisor-dev] Fwd: Re: Request ELF e_machine number for Linux BPF

[Alexei Starovoitov]

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Richard Henderson via iovisor-dev
<iovisor-dev@lists.iovisor.org> wrote:
> Well, that was quick.

thanks!

> Would someone from the iovisor project like to be the official contact for
> this?  Otherwise I'll give them contact details for Red Hat.

can probably put my name or something generic like 'BPF developers'.
and iovisor-dev@lists.iovisor.org as an email.
If you can leave the phone number empty that's the easiest.
Brenden, any suggestions?

> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:        Re: Request ELF e_machine number for Linux BPF
> Date:   Mon, 20 Jun 2016 18:15:49 +0200
> From:   Michael.Brinke-Engel <mikebren@xinuos.com>
> To:     Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>, registry@sco.com,
> registry@uxsglobal.com
>
>
>
> Hi RIchard,
>
> Thanks for your request.
>
> The following values for your request will be added to the web document of
> gABI:
>
> EM_BPF    247    Linux BPF – in-kernel virtual machine
>
> Can you please let me have the necessary details for the official contact
> with regard to this entry:
>
> *Contact info for EM_BPF*
>
>   * Name    ???
>   * Phone   ???
>   * E-mail    ???
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Brinke-Engel
>
> ---
>
> Am 16.06.2016 um 22:54 schrieb Richard Henderson:
>
>> The Linux kernel supports a virtual machine derived from the Berkeley
>> Packet
>> Filter (BPF) virtual machine.  LLVM has a compiler backend targeting this
>> virtual machine, which produces ELF object files.
>>
>> Currently, the LLVM backend is using EM_NONE, which is less than optimal
>> for
>> the rest of the compiler tool chain.
>>
>> We request an official number for the symbolic name EM_BPF, so as to
>> improve
>> this situation.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> r~
>
>
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