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elf32-hppa questions
- To: binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com
- Subject: elf32-hppa questions
- From: Toshi Morita <tm2@best.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:08:50 -0700 (PDT)
I understand that elf32-hppa has problems, and it usage is deprecated,
and etc, but I have but one question...
Does it work well enough that it should be able to build a Linux kernel?
I understand that a large number of relocations specified by the HP
standard ELF document are not supported. However, compatibility with
HP-generated object files is (obviously) not necessary to build a working
kernel.
All that's really necessary is for binutils to write object files
which it can later read to produce a valid absolute ELF file.
The actual format of the object files isn't important as long as
the BFD can read and write them well enough to produce a correct
final absolute ELF file.
Does binutils for the elf32-hppa work correctly enough to do this?
Toshi