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| author | Timothy Wall <twall@alum.mit.edu> | 2001-02-27 03:26:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Timothy Wall <twall@alum.mit.edu> | 2001-02-27 03:26:47 +0000 |
| commit | f04a7c07ec2b5274f59ef5aee8f56fdf933ae5d1 (patch) | |
| tree | 230f882c219e3f69cb1ffb0f3cf03c8d4fdd3b9a /bfd | |
| parent | c544eea6e75154abf2ebb9aa02f990cb3ff406c0 (diff) | |
| download | gdb-f04a7c07ec2b5274f59ef5aee8f56fdf933ae5d1.tar.gz | |
Update elf64 aix5 comments.
Diffstat (limited to 'bfd')
| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | bfd/elfxx-ia64.c | 21 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog index 81c12980a1b..c74b7937bf6 100644 --- a/bfd/ChangeLog +++ b/bfd/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-02-26 Timothy Wall <twall@cygnus.com> + + * elfxx-ia64.c (elfNN_ia64_aix_add_symbol_hook): Remove obsolete + comments. + 2001-02-26 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> * coffcode.h (styp_to_sec_flags) [COFF_WITH_PE version]: Tidy diff --git a/bfd/elfxx-ia64.c b/bfd/elfxx-ia64.c index b8705c18386..77d20221d9a 100644 --- a/bfd/elfxx-ia64.c +++ b/bfd/elfxx-ia64.c @@ -1182,20 +1182,11 @@ elfNN_ia64_aix_add_symbol_hook (abfd, info, sym, namep, flagsp, secp, valp) { int i; - /* SHN_MONTEREY_SYSCALL (Description from IBM): - Special symbols on AIX; if the value is non-zero, the value - should be put in the gp member of the function descriptor. the - function address member should be set to the address of the entry - point of the user-space portion of the system call (epc insn in a - priviledged page). If the symbol value is zero, look in the special - table for extended system calls. The number for extended system - calls will come from that table. The index is set when the linker - sees an export file that contains the syscall attribute after an - exported symbol. Kernel extensions indicate extended system calls - they define by having STO_MONTEREY_SYSCALL in their st_other symbol - table member. This is used by the system loader to add extended - system calls to its table, which is subsequently provided to the - runtime linker at each process startup. */ + /* SHN_AIX_SYSCALL: Treat this as any other symbol. The special symbol + is only relevant when compiling code for extended system calls. + Replace the "special" section with .text, if possible. */ + /* FIXME need to determine the proper section instead of defaulting to + .text. */ for (i = 1; i < elf_elfheader (abfd)->e_shnum; i++) { asection * sec = bfd_section_from_elf_index (abfd, i); @@ -1207,8 +1198,6 @@ elfNN_ia64_aix_add_symbol_hook (abfd, info, sym, namep, flagsp, secp, valp) } } - /* FIXME need to determine the proper section instead of defaulting to - .text. */ if (*secp == NULL) *secp = bfd_abs_section_ptr; |