From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from relay.nuxi.com (root@nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA03069 for ; Sat, 25 Nov 2000 13:29:18 -0700 Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 12:31:08 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Ulrich Drepper Cc: John Marvin , parisc-linux@puffin.external.hp.com, parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com, binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Use of the EI_OSABI field Message-ID: <20001125123108.E96258@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: obrien@FreeBSD.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from drepper@redhat.com on Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 07:18:21PM -0800 List-ID: On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 07:18:21PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote: > Alan Modra writes: > > "The e_ident[EI_OSABI] value identifies the operating system and ABI to > > which the object is targeted" > > > > Granted, this is only in a processor specific ABI, but it does flatly > > contradict your assertions that the purpose of EI_OSABI is to flag the > > presense of ELF extensions. > > The meaning of the field changed over time. Or better said, some > people initially understood it differently. Then lets get the _official_ wording changed. Obviously my interpretation wasn't unreasonable. And the world does not need to have you as a premadona keeper of the [unwritten] rules of the land. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)