Re: ld/ia64: linker script change for FreeBSD/ia64 [patch]

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Jim,

> I don't have a copy of FreeBSD on my machine, and I don't know FreeBSD
> physical addressing conventions, so I can't comment on the patch other
> than to point out that it can't possibly break anything other than
> FreeBSD, so it is harmless from my point of view.
>
> Linux uses segment 1 for mmap, segment 2 for text, and segment 3 for
> data.  If FreeBSD wants both text and data in segment 1, then that is
> certainly a reasonable thing for it to do.
>
> I see Marcel Moolenaar is listed on the www.freebsd.org site as a member
> of the IA-64 release engineering team, so I think we should accept him
> as an authoritative source.
>
> I think the patch should go in.


Great - in which case I have checked the patch in with this ChangeLog
entry.

Cheers
        Nick

ld/ChangeLog
2003-11-28  Marcel Moolenaar  <address@hidden>

        * emulparams/elf64_ia64_fbsd.sh (TEXT_START_ADDR): Define.
        (DATA_ADDR): Unset.