* What is .MIPS.options ELF section? @ 2003-04-17 16:47 Jun Sun 2003-04-17 18:32 ` Thiemo Seufer 2003-04-17 18:39 ` Maciej W. Rozycki 0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Jun Sun @ 2003-04-17 16:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-mips; +Cc: jsun I started to play with the new N32/N64 toolchains. I notice a new section is generated for kernel, called .MIPS.options. (it actually causes some grief for some firmware) Can someone enlighten me a little bit on what it is? Jun ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: What is .MIPS.options ELF section? 2003-04-17 16:47 What is .MIPS.options ELF section? Jun Sun @ 2003-04-17 18:32 ` Thiemo Seufer 2003-04-17 18:39 ` Maciej W. Rozycki 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Thiemo Seufer @ 2003-04-17 18:32 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-mips Jun Sun wrote: > > I started to play with the new N32/N64 toolchains. I notice a new > section is generated for kernel, called .MIPS.options. (it actually > causes some grief for some firmware) > > Can someone enlighten me a little bit on what it is? In its current state it is basically a replacement for .reginfo. For kernels etc. it can simply be /DISCARD/'ed. Thiemo ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: What is .MIPS.options ELF section? 2003-04-17 16:47 What is .MIPS.options ELF section? Jun Sun 2003-04-17 18:32 ` Thiemo Seufer @ 2003-04-17 18:39 ` Maciej W. Rozycki 1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Maciej W. Rozycki @ 2003-04-17 18:39 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jun Sun; +Cc: linux-mips On Thu, 17 Apr 2003, Jun Sun wrote: > I started to play with the new N32/N64 toolchains. I notice a new > section is generated for kernel, called .MIPS.options. (it actually > causes some grief for some firmware) It's a replacement for the .reginfo section of o32. See 'ftp://ftp.linux-mips.org/pub/linux/mips/doc/ABI/ELF64.ps' for details. -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available + ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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