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Re: RFC: Adding non-PIC executable support to MIPS
- From: Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford at googlemail dot com>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, linux-mips at linux-mips dot org
- Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:02:59 +0100
- Subject: Re: RFC: Adding non-PIC executable support to MIPS
- References: <87y74pxwyl.fsf@firetop.home> <20080701202236.GA1534@caradoc.them.org> <87zlp149ot.fsf@firetop.home>
Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford@googlemail.com> writes:
> I've been thinking about that a lot recently, since I heard about
> your implementation. I kind-of guessed it had been agreed with MTI
> beforehand (although I hadn't realised MTI themselves had written
> the specification). Having thought it over, I think it would be best
> if I stand down as a MIPS maintainer and if someone with the appropriate
> commercial connections is appointed instead. I'd recommend any
> combination of yourself, Adam Nemet and David Daney (subject to
> said people being willing, of course).
I realised afterwards that this might be offensive by who it left out.
For the record, it wasn't supposed to be an exclusive list. Other people
have strong claims too. ;)
Richard