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Re: [PATCH/RFA] SH TLS support
- From: kaz Kojima <kkojima at rr dot iij4u dot or dot jp>
- To: stephen dot clarke at superh dot com
- Cc: hp at bitrange dot com, joern dot rennecke at superh dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 10:40:22 +0900
- Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFA] SH TLS support
- References: <287E4644B5249D449C56FA5409A874AE03EFC2@sh-us-ex01.us.w2k.superh.com>
"Clarke, Stephen" <stephen.clarke@superh.com> wrote:
>> Thanks a lot for checking. Is there any problem with 144-155
>> from the viewpoint of SH-5?
>
> None that I can think of. (But give Jörn a while to respond,
> the UK superh.com email is out of action for a few days
> because of an office move.)
I'd like to wait his comments.
> Will SH-5 TLS support need additional relocations to the
> ones you've defined?
I think so. Perhaps it requires relocations like
R_SH_TLS_{GD,LD,IE,LE}_MEDLOW16 and other new relocations,
though it's just my guess.
> I'm not familiar with how TLS works - do you have any
> references to a description of the mechanism, e.g. for 386?
I have a paper written by Ulrich Drepper
<URL:http://people.redhat.com/drepper/tls.pdf> only. It describes
the TLS mechanism and contains many illustrated examples.
Regards,
kaz