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Re: [PATCH] ARM: Identify the hard-float ABI in older ARM binaries


On Mon, 3 Dec 2012, Steve McIntyre wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 04:49:06PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> >On Mon, 3 Dec 2012, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> >
> >> >As previously explained, it's not appropriate for the dynamic linker to 
> >> >examine the section view of the ELF file this way; the use of ELF header 
> >> >flags is the right approach.
> >> 
> >> Does that apply to ldconfig as well as ld.so?
> >
> >I think so, yes; I'm not aware of any existing use of the section view of 
> >the file in ldconfig, although efficiency issues don't really apply there.
> 
> OK... So is there a good reason not to do this beyond "we've not done
> this before", then?

ldconfig, like the dynamic linker, is logically about the execution time 
(segment) view of a program / shared library, rather than the static-link 
time (section) view.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com


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