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Re: New port m32r-linux
- From: Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp at bitrange dot com>
- To: Doug Evans <dje at transmeta dot com>
- Cc: Kazuhiro Inaoka <inaoka dot kazuhiro at renesas dot com>, <binutils at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 06:42:11 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: New port m32r-linux
> Kazuhiro Inaoka writes:
> > Would you tell me the process of porting new targets if there are any
> > policies?
No policies except talking to the vendor. :-)
> > Do we need to keep the compatiblity of m32r-linux relocations with m32r-elf?
Don't change the meaning of the relocations. Arrange to add new
ones instead. (A good tome to work out the unclear details
about R_M32R_26_PCREL, methinks. See the comment at the entry
in m32r_elf_howto_table.
On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Doug Evans wrote:
> Having m32r-elf.o be incompatible with m32r-linux.o would be a
> mistake. Don't go there. They must be compatible.
Why so? I'm coping fine with CRIS. As Nick pointed out, some
detail must be worked out to make them non-linkable of course.
Or maybe you just refer to the reloc semantics; I agree then.
brgds, H-P