From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:31:48 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:25065 "EHLO bacchus.dhis.org") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S8133598AbWDJPbk (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:31:40 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by bacchus.dhis.org (8.13.6/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k3AFhPUF017603; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:43:25 +0200 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k3AFhKdT017601; Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:43:20 +0200 Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:43:20 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: Thiemo Seufer Cc: "Kevin D. Kissell" , Martin Michlmayr , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: Diff between Linus' and linux-mips git: elf.h Message-ID: <20060410154320.GA17459@linux-mips.org> References: <20060219234318.GA16311@deprecation.cyrius.com> <20060220000141.GX10266@deprecation.cyrius.com> <20060220001126.GA17967@deprecation.cyrius.com> <20060220003128.GD17967@deprecation.cyrius.com> <20060220113420.GB5594@linux-mips.org> <20060407171910.GU6869@deprecation.cyrius.com> <090d01c65a6b$623f6480$10eca8c0@grendel> <20060407222142.GA26104@linux-mips.org> <20060410122715.GA5868@networkno.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060410122715.GA5868@networkno.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 11080 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 01:27:15PM +0100, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > No way to actually resolve this one; not even binutils oldtimer > > Ian Lance Taylor can remember the reasons for the change anymore. > > FWIW, the general rule is to use EM_MIPS == 8 for MIPS with both > endiannesses and ignore EM_MIPS_*. So removing the other defines > from the linux include file seems to be the sensible thing to do. > (Binutils can't do the same due to backward compatibility concerns.) Or rather convert it into a comment so this is the last time these constants have been discussed ... Ralf