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Re: The Linux binutils vs. the FSF binutils on Linux/mips
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- Subject: Re: The Linux binutils vs. the FSF binutils on Linux/mips
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 15:49:11 -0400
- References: <20010914123642.A18552@lucon.org>
On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 12:36:42PM -0700, H . J . Lu wrote:
> FYI, the Linux binutils contains a 64bit MIPS ELF patch which doesn't
> exist in the FSF binutils. At first, I thought this 64bit MIPS ELF
> patch shouldn't affect the 32bit MIPS ELF. But for some reason, I
> cannot get a stable 32bit Linux/mips kernel without this 64bit MIPS ELF
> patch. I compared kernels generated by 2 linkers from the same input.
> They are identical. Then I compared the object files generated from
> 2 assemblers. Some of them are different. Here is one example:
Are there more interesting differences elsewhere? That one's a no-op
unless I'm completely misunderstanding delay slots, although the code
in the - side is a little better. Unless you're hitting a hardware
hazard somewhere?
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Daniel Jacobowitz Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer