From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B11FC433FE for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 09:13:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2FCB2255F for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 09:13:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728962AbgLDJNx (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Dec 2020 04:13:53 -0500 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com ([63.128.21.124]:35056 "EHLO us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726471AbgLDJNx (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Dec 2020 04:13:53 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1607073147; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=9rmy64shG48vY56a62sQLH7H13tnnYDJYVfd0nj8TO4=; b=K1u+J51q2Nvbjb4ZMS8uGkuLH2KK+wWcHyf/VvnFn1aiVQEMOwznfGmQytuDv3S59b7PzT Ck1iHe0LFE+qjz81EZi81NtNfCLA9bRAyCeQxRB0xuPXBl4Djy5IgncGfe8w+GAqnqBW7+ 2tR+4pC0qBbhaAiOvtAPnu7GHacGP1o= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-94-W_DEzsLuMjGIU-7xaIXd5w-1; Fri, 04 Dec 2020 04:12:22 -0500 X-MC-Unique: W_DEzsLuMjGIU-7xaIXd5w-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx07.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 01D2C107ACE4; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 09:12:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg2.str.redhat.com (ovpn-112-44.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.112.44]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 33F5510016F4; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 09:12:18 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Carlos O'Donell Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ld.so.8: Update "Hardware capabilities" section for glibc 2.31. References: <57abae5e-2394-0542-9e21-10c0bb837078@redhat.com> <87pnaoe70h.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <14751c26-4c4d-24c1-df12-429931b61780@redhat.com> <87r1uy3sgb.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> <84511dbb-2c38-b928-3155-1027a6078a96@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:12:16 +0100 In-Reply-To: <84511dbb-2c38-b928-3155-1027a6078a96@redhat.com> (Carlos O'Donell's message of "Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:53:09 -0400") Message-ID: <87ft4mue8f.fsf@oldenburg2.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.5.11.22 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org * Carlos O'Donell: > On 6/10/20 2:00 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> Hi Carlos, >> >> What's the status of this patch? > > I'm currently rewriting the language of the section to split apart the > AT_PLATFORM and AT_HWCAP parts. > > They each behave differently. AT_PLATFORM is a non-nested singular platform > directory that is searched with no fallback, and that needs to clarified > and called out. While AT_HWCAP is drastically different in behaviour. > > When done we'll have two lists, and two explanations for the search paths > and their orders. > > I'm doing this as part of the upstream review of this infrasturcture > because we're going to change the behaviour in an upcoming release. With > the changes in place we'll have a good place to say "... and now it's different." > > In summary: Still working on it. Expect v3. Carlos, what's the status here? I need to write an update for glibc-hwcaps, and this likely conflicts with your edits (at least semantically). Thanks, Florian -- Red Hat GmbH, https://de.redhat.com/ , Registered seat: Grasbrunn, Commercial register: Amtsgericht Muenchen, HRB 153243, Managing Directors: Charles Cachera, Brian Klemm, Laurie Krebs, Michael O'Neill