linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cross-architecture ELF clean up

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Message-ID: <468168ED.2040706@goop.org>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:28:45 -0400
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org>
CC:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cross-architecture ELF clean up

Roman Zippel wrote:
>> 	linux/elf-const.h	- ELF constants, includable by asm code
>>     
>
> BTW who's the maniac who tries to use this in asm code?
> Many of these constants are pretty useless without the corresponding 
> structure definitions.

I was for a while, in order to hand-craft ELF headers for the bzImage 
boot image, but I since changed it to define these structures from C.  
Still, its useful to have the constants separate, since they are used 
separate from their corresponding structures.

    J
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