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From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl@valinux.com>
To: Alan Modra <alan@linuxcare.com.au>
Cc: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, John Marvin <jsm@udlkern.fc.hp.com>,
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Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Use of the EI_OSABI field
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0011221042300.16860-100000@front.linuxcare.com.au>; from alan@linuxcare.com.au on Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 11:13:29AM +1100
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On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 11:13:29AM +1100, Alan Modra wrote:
> 
> > Anyway, the ABI value is zero unless you implement ELF extensions.
> 
> Exactly what is an "ELF extension"?  Anything outside gABI or

ELF extension is something whose interpretation is not documented in
neither gABI nor psABI. HP's old ELF is a good example since it didn't
implement DT_INIT/DT_FINI, but added DT_INIT_ARRARY/DT_FINI_ARRAY. A
normal ELF tool will have a hard time to interpret those fields and
their values.


H.J.