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Re: RFA: Recording MIPS ABI selection in binaries


Hi Chris,

: as far as i'm concerned, there could have been better use of the 
: existing bits for ABIs (by enumeration, rather than flags)

Indeed, but as you say we are stuck with legacy code which we need to
carry on supporting, so I doubt if these flags will change any time
soon.

: Personally I'd like to see the existing flags rationalized to the 
: extent that they can be, and improved from there, rather than
: perpetuate the existing morass and even make it worse by introducing a
: mechanism that's not particularly scalable,

The scheme is scalable.  In fact it is more scalable than the existing
scheme of using bits in the file header.  The sections can have
arbitrary names which can be used to encode pretty much anything.

: and is redundant with the aim of some existing mechanisms. 

Well it would be redundant if the current bits were reorganised, but I
really doubt if that is going to happen.

Cheers
	Nick

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