Bug#180119: libc6: ld.so does not seem to find correct platform information for AMD K6-III

[Steve Haslam <araqnid@debian.org>]

Package: libc6
Version: 2.3.1-11
Severity: normal

With libc6 2.3.1-10, ld.so would try to link in the i686/cmov version of
libssl on a K6-III (i586) machine-- I had to divert the libs away, and it
then loaded the i586 versions.

Now with 2.3.1-11, ld.so is not loading *any* arch-specific library, and
using the standard /usr/lib/libssl. Although this is safer, it would be nice
if the K6-III was recognised.

Here is the output with LD_AUXV=1 set:

bash# LD_SHOW_AUXV=1 LD_DEBUG=libs LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS=1 LD_BIND_NOW=1
/usr/bin/openssl version
AT_HWCAP:    fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge mmx
AT_PAGESZ:      4096
AT_CLKTCK:      100
AT_PHDR:        0x8048034
AT_PHENT:       32
AT_PHNUM:       6
AT_BASE:        0x4b196000
AT_FLAGS:       0x0
AT_ENTRY:       0x80542c0
AT_UID:         0
AT_EUID:        0
AT_GID:         0
AT_EGID:        0
AT_PLATFORM:
01811:  find library=libssl.so.0.9.7; searching
01811:   search cache=/etc/ld.so.cache
01811:    trying file=/usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.7
01811:
01811:  find library=libcrypto.so.0.9.7; searching
01811:   search cache=/etc/ld.so.cache
01811:    trying file=/usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.7
01811:
...

Presumably the problem is that "AT_PLATFORM" is blank? (Is this a libc6
problem or kernel problem?)

/proc/cpuinfo on that machine:

bash# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 5
model           : 9
model name      : AMD-K6(tm) 3D+ Processor
stepping        : 1
cpu MHz         : 451.033
cache size      : 256 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge mmx syscall 3dnow
k6_mtrr
bogomips        : 901.12

And uname -m returns "i586".

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux arise 2.4.18 #7-ARISE Thu Jun 13 23:55:15 BST 2002 i586
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
ii  libdb1-compat                 2.1.3-7    The Berkeley database routines [gl

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