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Re: [PATCH] Tag sparc binaries with hwcap attribute
From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 14:28:04 -0400 (EDT)
> From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:44:25 -0400 (EDT)
>
>> This adds a hw-capabilities attribute to record what instruction
>> features are used by a binary on Sparc.
>>
>> The linker simply accumulates the bitmask of all input objects to
>> produce the output object value.
>>
>> I've essentially left Solaris alone until we figure out how to deal
>> with the OSABI issues. Namely GAS will not emit the attribute for
>> the Solaris target.
>>
>> Ok to commit?
>
> Ping?
Ping? I have work that builds upon this both in binutils and gcc.