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Re: [PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations

From: David Miller <davem at davemloft dot net>
To: roland at hack dot frob dot com
Cc: hjl dot tools at gmail dot com, aj at suse dot com, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:22:48 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations
References: <CAMe9rOo3Cord3_SJH77kRZZnu4VCC_VvtqtN0X8qTXLyFeT8hA@mail.gmail.com><20130116.151406.210118358724074508.davem@davemloft.net><20130116202029.641B32C0C3@topped-with-meat.com>

From: Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:20:29 -0800 (PST)

> The principle is that binutils is the traditional arbiter of what the reloc
> types mean exactly.  Until things are settled in binutils, then the
> assignment of numbers to names is not really settled for sure and the exact
> expected semantics of the type are not really fixed.

The ABIs have defined what the relocations numbers and semantics of
these relocations are, precisely.  And that has already been
established sufficiently in both the Sparc and X86 cases.

References:
- Re: [PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations
  - From: H.J. Lu
- Re: [PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations
  - From: David Miller
- Re: [PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations
  - From: Roland McGrath

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