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Re: Allocate a spare PT_NULL header for dynamic MIPS objects
"H. J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> writes:
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 10:47:07PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
>> Eric Christopher wrote:
>> > >
>> > >Tested on mips{,64}{,el}-{elf,linux-gnu} and mips-sgi-irix6.5.
>> > >OK to install?
>> > >
>> >
>> > OK.
>>
>> Also ok with me.
>
> FWIW, I believe strip will remove PT_NULL header. I think a new
> PT_XXX should be used here.
Thanks for the heads-up. I couldn't convince either strip or objcopy
to remove the header. Where do you think this would take place?
However, even if the tools do strip PT_NULL, that shouldn't really be an
issue. As long as the room is there, the prelinker can use it. (Like I
say, the original 2.17 version of this patch didn't add any PT_* header;
it just reserved room for one. If strip does what you say, it will just
returns us to that situation.)
Richard