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Re: [patch] Add SHF_COMPRESSED flag to include/
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Cary Coutant <ccoutant at google dot com>
- Cc: Binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>, Ali Bahrami <Ali dot Bahrami at oracle dot com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:35:04 +0000
- Subject: Re: [patch] Add SHF_COMPRESSED flag to include/
- References: <CAHACq4p_RW3V3SerBdmdvhGBsoHazzF7g620XT0qcK3r0tx+rw@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012, Cary Coutant wrote:
> We've discussed the idea of adding an SHF_COMPRESSED flag here before,
> with the idea of ultimately using it instead of the ugly ".zdebug_*"
> convention for compressed debug sections. Ali brought the issue up on
> the gABI mailing list recently, and it seems to have gained as much
> consensus there as it's likely to get.
>
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/generic-abi/dBOS1H47Q64/PaJvELtaJrsJ
I have drawn the attention of John Wolfe at UnXis, the gABI maintainer, to
that discussion. Has either of you asked him directly (or at
registry@uxsglobal.com or registry@sco.com) to allocate this value?
--
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com