Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:47:02 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely8.cicely.de> Cc: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu>, Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>, peter@FreeBSD.ORG, jdp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: alpha klds and the new linker Message-ID: <3C7586F6.4D54B103@mindspring.com> References: <15477.3715.6908.110667@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0202211623290.89657-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> <15477.29709.908299.287618@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <3C757D63.73B903C9@mindspring.com> <20020221231258.GG56929@cicely8.cicely.de>
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Bernd Walter wrote: > > I think this is backwards; I think the "*where" is missing > > in the reference location. Don't ask me how to figure it > > out without keeping a linked list of ELF things lying around > > and traversing it twice, though. 8-(. > > At least it's identic to the i386 variant: > case R_386_RELATIVE: /* B + A */ > addr = relocbase + addend; > if (*where != addr) > *where = addr; > break; Well, if no one is complaining there, then never mind. 8-). I think there are still some assumptions in the relative positioning of segments and data that may break with a future binutils, just like the recent update broke some of the other assumptions that were lying around. You have to wonder what the reference platform for this code was, and why it didn't break there, too. 8-(. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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