Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 20:14:11 +0100 From: Bruce M Simpson <bms@spc.org> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/powerpc/loader Makefile ldscript.powerpc Message-ID: <20040708191411.GA15368@empiric.dek.spc.org> In-Reply-To: <200407081252.i68CqZcd012247@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200407081252.i68CqZcd012247@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 12:52:35PM +0000, Peter Grehan wrote: > Log: > Use a linker script for the loader. This avoids issues with > command-line options, such as misaligning the data segment. > Exposed by the limited PearPC OFW ELF loader, but a good thing in > general. No big surprise. When I was converting the Alpha ARC version of the loader to work with SGI x86 ARC platforms, I also had to use a linker script to overcome some deficiencies in this area. My patches for this are still available for interested parties: http://people.freebsd.org/~bms/dump/loader-arc-x86-sgi.diff BMS
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