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Re: GNU LD and ARM ELF spec disagree about meaning of p_vaddr field
- From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej at wasabisystems dot com>
- To: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
- Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists dot arm dot linux dot org dot uk,binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, a dot bocaniciu at computer dot org,rearnshaw at cambridge dot arm dot com, Philip dot Blundell at pobox dot com
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:40:46 -0700
- Subject: Re: GNU LD and ARM ELF spec disagree about meaning of p_vaddr field
- Organization: Wasabi Systems, Inc.
- References: <m3smzzjs3g.fsf@north-pole.nickc.cambridge.redhat.com>
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 05:00:03PM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> If the GNU Linker were to be changed to conform to the ARM ELF spec,
> would this affect ARM Linux ?
Well, it would affect NetBSD/arm. NetBSD running on ARM-based embedded
systems use VMA vs. LMA to support flash images, etc. The NetBSD boot
loader also uses to distinguish between the address at which to load a
section when the MMU is off vs. where to run it when the MMU is on (kernel).
> * A new ARM target triple could be created which does conform to
> the ARM ELF spec. (eg arm-elf-eabi ?)
This would be my preference.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>