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Re: Generic object attributes patch


On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:09:19PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> In <http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2007-06/msg00156.html>, I proposed 
> making the ARM EABI object attribute tagging mechanism available on all 
> ELF targets, as a means of providing both GNU-specific and ABI-defined 
> information about objects, sections or symbols, and merging it on linking, 
> without the limitations of the other ad hoc mechanisms such as special 
> sections or ELF header flags used on various targets.  There were no 
> objections to this proposal and some support for using it for x86 and 
> x86_64.
> 

Does it support attributes in DSO? I thought you would need
a new program segment type for it.


H.J.


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