Re: pa-risc/linux abi

[Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>]

On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 11:59:36AM -0400, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> No, it is not the same. We cannot generate "pass fpregs in general
> registers" as HPUX does, this would require tons of code in the linker
> and stubs into/outof to move parameters around to the right places.
> Aside from that major bit, we also probably differ in how we pass small
> structs to functions.

thanks for clarifying. I was thinking there was something in the
PA 1.1 and PA 2.0 arch ref manauls. But those only describe HW
operation and not how the HW is used by the toolchain(s).

>  SOM was "ported" (and I use the word loosely) to
> become ELF32 for hppa. We had to make things up as it went along.

But wasn't the "port" modeled after the existing ELF-64 where possible?

thanks,
grant