[parisc-linux] booting problems

[Alan Cox]

> relocations.  A SOM linker also needs to be stream based.  Thus,
> it appears difficult (impossible?) to build a SOM linker using the
> bfd architecture.  On the other hand, the elf32-hppa tools have serious
> deficiencies and are about to be completely rewritten.  Might it not be
> better to develop a SOM linker rather than rewrite the elf stuff?

Writing a linker, especialyl for something complex like SOM is not trivial
in the slightest.

Alan