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Re: PPC Java fix and better relocation error reporting
> From: Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com>
> Date: Tue, 2 Jan 2001 21:31:06 +0100
> Cc: libc-alpha@sources.redhat.com
>
> On Tuesday 02 January 2001 20:50, Geoff Keating wrote:
> > Hi Franz,
> >
> > Could you split your patch into two pieces for the two separate things
> > it does?
> >
> > I don't remember what the resolution was last time someone asked for
> >
> > * sysdeps/powerpc/elf/start.S (__data_start): Make it global.
>
> It is the accepted solution now, a few ports have been updated during the
> last weeks, just look at the ChangeLog:
>
> 2000-12-07 Jes Sorensen <jes@linuxcare.com>
>
> * sysdeps/ia64/elf/start.S (__data_start): Add __data_start variable.
> Pointed out by Hans Boehm.
> ...
> 2000-12-05 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
>
> * sysdeps/alpha/elf/start.S (__data_start): Define.
>
> That's why I reposted the patch, I carry it around since a looong time now.
OK, then, but the libc is the wrong place for it; it should be in the
linker scripts for powerpc, so that it works for embedded platforms
too.
--
- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>