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Re: [PATCH] Implement x86 SIZE32/SIZE64 relocations
From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:56:07 -0800
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:39 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>> From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
>> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:24:19 -0800
>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:14 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>>>> GLIBC dynamic linker support is the one that needs the largest amount
>>>> of lead time, and the one for which it is the most difficult for a
>>>> developer or use to integrate into their environment on their own.
>>>>
>>>> This even applies to the person who writes the binutils support for
>>>> emitting the relocations themselves.
>>>
>>> David, do you plan to add Sparc size relocation support to gas and
>>> ld? I choose "@SIZE" to indicate size relocation. I will add both
>>> gas and ld tests for them.
>>
>> Yes I do.
>>
>> I intend to use whatever syntax Sun's assembler uses.
>>
>> Sun's assembler supports the x86 size relocations as well.
>
> What does Sum assembler use for size relocations?
> I couldn't find an example.
Neither could I, as usual Oracle/Sun's documentation in this area is
very poor.
I'm asking one of my Oracle/Sun contacts.