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Re: [Patch] bfd elfxx-ia64: share code between elf32 and elf64
On May 17, 2011, at 3:04 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 5:56 AM, Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> some functions of elfxx-ia64.c are in fact the same when compiled for elf32 and for elf64. This patch adds a new file,
>> elfxx-ia64.h which declares these functions and compiles them only for elf64.
>>
>> No regression for linux/gnu ia64 and hpux ia64.
>>
>> This work is in fact preliminary work to support gnu ld on vms/ia64. Although VMS uses elf64, it doesn't use the same shared library
>> model. Its DSO model is derived from the previous vms one (vector based). This made code reuse difficult.
>>
>> Ok for trunk ?
>>
>
> Why not do something similar to SPARC/MIPS to put common codes in
> a new .c file?
That's fine with me. My proposal would be:
size specific code to elfnn-ia64.c
common code to elfxx-ia64.c (to match mips and sparc).
Do you agree with this proposal ?
Tristan.