Re: powerpc relocations

[Ignatios Souvatzis <is%jocelyn.rhein.de@localhost>]

On Sat, Nov 14, 1998 at 03:20:44AM -0800, Mark Brinicombe wrote:
>   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.
> 
...
> 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.

As far as I know, at least one of the powerpc ports uses a.out kernels (or 
a.out secondary bootloaders?).

        -is