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Re: elf.h incomplete


On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 10:45:26PM -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
>On 2012-05-03 17:03, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
>> On 2012-05-03 10:24, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> Right. I've noticed the incompleteness of elf.h from time to time too but
>>> extending it would be tedious since you can't just cut/paste from a GPLv*
>>> file. Maybe one of the BSDs has something more complete these days? We
>>> could use one of those.
>>
>> This patch is a direct copy from FreeBSD HEAD. I have NOT tested it,
>> though.
>
>I have tested this by cross-compiling a recent Linux kernel.  I needed 
>to add relocs for a few CPUs not covered by the FreeBSD headers; revised 
>patch attached.
>
>FWIW, there are still some unrelated issues in completing a full kernel 
>build.  I'll try to work on that when I have the chance.

Sounds like it is good enough to check in.  We
can tweak it as needed.

Thanks very much for doing this.

cgf


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