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Re: [PATCH] Tag sparc binaries with hwcap attribute

From: David Miller <davem at redhat dot com>
To: jakub at redhat dot com
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:50:50 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Tag sparc binaries with hwcap attribute
References: <20110918.210925.737637590934017580.davem@davemloft.net> <20110920.152323.1170037008754994862.davem@redhat.com> <20110920204257.GS27949@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz>

From: Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:42:57 +0200

> Not sure if it is a good idea.  E.g. when using IFUNC where one alternative
> is written for some new HWCAP and another one for older one, wouldn't
> you mark the whole binary as require the new HWCAP?

That's what happens right now, f.e. in ->e_flags.  Run readelf on the
shared library created by any current sparcv9 glibc build.

References:
- Re: [PATCH] Tag sparc binaries with hwcap attribute
  - From: David Miller
- Re: [PATCH] Tag sparc binaries with hwcap attribute
  - From: David Miller
- Re: [PATCH] Tag sparc binaries with hwcap attribute
  - From: Jakub Jelinek

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