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Re: [PATCH] Add/update VxWorks targets for bfd
- From: Jerome Guitton <guitton at act-europe dot fr>
- To: Phil Edwards <phil at codesourcery dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 06:50:25 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add/update VxWorks targets for bfd
- References: <3F9858CF.9090800@codesourcery.com> <20031024102938.GA8691@act-europe.fr> <3FC297D6.4070302@codesourcery.com>
Phil Edwards (phil@codesourcery.com):
> Just for your information:
>
> Jerome Guitton wrote:
> >Phil Edwards (phil@codesourcery.com):
> >
> >I think ARM/VxWorks5.5 expects RELA relocation entries, and GNU AS
> >generates REL if configured for arm-elf.
>
> One of the selling points of the latest VxWorks tools is that they are
> using more standard ABIs, e.g., REL instead of RELA.
Interesting, and good to know. Thank you.
BTW, I don't think there is any way to force the binutils to generate RELA
for arm-elf, right? Would that make sense to add this support? If so, I would
try to submit a patch to implement that. I already have something working,
but it needs some cleanup before being reviewed.
--
Jerome