[ia64-abi] Re: fwd re: vtable format

[dfp at sco.com]

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drepper at cygnus.com wrote:

> > The only potential issue that I see is that the R_IA_64_IPLT[LM]SB
> > relocations have no well-defined addend.  This isn't an issue with
> > executable and shared objects since these always occur in plain
> > "REL" not "RELA" containers.
> 
> Wrong.  We explicitly agreed that RELA binaries are allowed.

Thanks for the quick reply.

You're right that we decided to permit implementations to use RELA
sections for executable and shared objects.  Did we define the
addend for R_IA_64_IPLT[LM]SB relocations?  As I recall--and since
Joel isn't here, I'm going on just my memory--we didn't settle on any.

Dave Prosser dfp at sco.com (908)790-2358 Rm A332, SCO, Murray Hill, NJ
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