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Re: IBM S/370 and binutils


If EM_I370 is different from Amdahl's ABI, wouldn't it be better to change
i370 to conform to Amdahl's?

--David

-----Original Message-----
From: H.J. Lu <hjl@lucon.org>
To: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@zembu.com>
Cc: linas@linas.org <linas@linas.org>; uczen@mint.net <uczen@mint.net>;
binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com <binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com>
Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: IBM S/370 and binutils


>>
>> Talk to registry@sco.com.  They maintain the lists of official ELF
>> machine numbers.  They'll give you a number if you ask, although
>> sometimes you have to ask a few times.  It may help to pull in
>> somebody from IBM; they seem to take big companies more seriously than
>> free software people.
>
>I am looking at the draft of the next SVR4 gABI. 9 is reserved. In the
>previous email from Joel at SCO, it will be used for EM_S370.
>
>>
>> First, though, is there some reason that it is inappropriate to use
>> EM_S370?  I don't know anything about the 370, so that may be a stupid
>> question.
>
>Linas, does Linux/i370 use the same ABI as defined by Amdahl's EM_S370?
>If we do, we can use it. Otherwise, we have to apply for a new EM_I370.
>
>
>--
>H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)
>
>


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