Re: Attempt to fix #189031
Greg Lindahl wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 12:07:07PM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
>
> > I'm working on a better solution, but the relocation handling in MIPS
> > binutils is a horrible mess, and it's very easy to break things in
> > non-obvious ways, so don't hold your breath.
>
> The new binutils done by Redhat under contract are a lot better than
> the old ones -- n32 and n64 mostly work now. In the process they may
> have changed or fixed some of the o32 behavior, too.
I guess you are talking about the work already contributed by
Alexandre Oliva. The "simple solution" mentioned before was a
part of it. The relocation handling is still horrible.
> By the way, the 32-bit kernel could have an N32 mode added; it's
> fairly straightforward to merge the bits currently in the 64-bit
> kernel that you'd need. You'd also need a very modern glibc.
It definitely can't. You are missing the fact that N32 has 64bit
register widths.
Thiemo
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