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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: Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com
- Cc: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>,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 arm dot com,Philip dot Blundell at pobox dot com
- Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 11:45:15 -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> <200209241611.g8OGBQG18637@pc960.cambridge.arm.com>
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 05:11:26PM +0100, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> However, loading kernels is often somewhat machine specific anyway, and so
> it is common to have to diddle with the image generated by the linker to
> produce something that the firmware can load. So I doubt that would be a
> fundamental stumbling block.
The only image fiddling that is necessary for NetBSD/arm (well, for most
cases, anyway) is a linker script that arranges things (and sets VMA and
LMA) properly. It would be a real drag to have to write more tools because
this was suddenly broken.
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>