Re: [PATCH] Fix MIPS ELF64 relocation howtos

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de>]

H . J . Lu wrote:
[snip]
> > Don't worry, it's the same. The titlepage reads:
> > MIPS Technologies / Silicon Graphics Computer Systems.
> > 
> > AFAIK there is nothing newer than this draft.
> 
> I assume it is version 2.4.

Version 2.4, Date 11/3/98.

> If it is the case, I am not sure if you can 
> use the traditional 64bit MIPS ELF. On the other hand, since there is no
> documented traditional 64bit MIPS ELF ABI, we can make a `traditional
> 64bit MIPS ELF ABI' such that it has the best of both worlds.

This means to use the specification as a guide as long as it's
reasonable for Linux. That's my intention, too. 


Thiemo