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Re: [PATCH] ARM: Identify the hard-float ABI in older ARM binaries
On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 04:59:02PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>On Mon, 3 Dec 2012, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 04:49:06PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>> >On Mon, 3 Dec 2012, Steve McIntyre wrote:
>> >
>> >> >As previously explained, it's not appropriate for the dynamic linker to
>> >> >examine the section view of the ELF file this way; the use of ELF header
>> >> >flags is the right approach.
>> >>
>> >> Does that apply to ldconfig as well as ld.so?
>> >
>> >I think so, yes; I'm not aware of any existing use of the section view of
>> >the file in ldconfig, although efficiency issues don't really apply there.
>>
>> OK... So is there a good reason not to do this beyond "we've not done
>> this before", then?
>
>ldconfig, like the dynamic linker, is logically about the execution time
>(segment) view of a program / shared library, rather than the static-link
>time (section) view.
OK, fair enough - thanks.
Cheers,
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