Re: powerpc relocations

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

At 03:20 AM 11/14/98 , Mark Brinicombe wrote:
>Hi,
>  I'm taking a look at the powerpc code in preperation for a port that I
>plan on doing and have a few questions. Sorry if these are things that
>have come up before and been thrashed to death in earlier discussions.
>
>1. EGCS - Are the known problems with EGCS and powerpc-netbsd configs ? I
>noticed that the powerpc port has not yet switched. Is this due to code
>problems or more a problem with time for testing and compiler warning
>cleanup cycles etc. ?
>
>2. Shared libs - Are there any major obsticles or flaws that are
>preventing shared libraries or is it a time / resource problem ?

I think that both are due to lack of resources.  There aren't a lot of
people banging on the powerpc port(s).

>3. I notice that reloc.h defines a reloc_type enum of 33 fields plus a
>RELOC_MAX enum and that this gets stuffed into a 5 bit field in a
>structure in aout_machdep.h. This of course gives errors with EGCS (how I
>noticed it). What is the relevance of aout_machdep.h since the powerpc
>uses elf and always has done as far as I recall.

I'd say nuke aout_machdep.h from orbit.

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