[parisc-linux] Use of the EI_OSABI field

H . J . Lu hjl@valinux.com
Tue, 21 Nov 2000 16:53:27 -0800


On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 11:13:29AM +1100, Alan Modra wrote:
> 
> > Anyway, the ABI value is zero unless you implement ELF extensions.
> 
> Exactly what is an "ELF extension"?  Anything outside gABI or

ELF extension is something whose interpretation is not documented in
neither gABI nor psABI. HP's old ELF is a good example since it didn't
implement DT_INIT/DT_FINI, but added DT_INIT_ARRARY/DT_FINI_ARRAY. A
normal ELF tool will have a hard time to interpret those fields and
their values.


H.J.