[parisc-linux] Why do we relax e_ident[EI_OSABI] in gdb?

[Randolph Chung]

> Anyone have some ideas why we have this patch in gdb, and thus relax the 
> EI_OSABI check?
> 
> --- gdb-5.2.cvs20020401/bfd/elf64-hppa.c~	Sun Mar 31 19:09:41 2002
> +++ gdb-5.2.cvs20020401/bfd/elf64-hppa.c	Sat Apr 20 09:35:54 2002
> @@ -372,7 +372,8 @@
>    i_ehdrp = elf_elfheader (abfd);
>    if (strcmp (bfd_get_target (abfd), "elf64-hppa-linux") == 0)
>      {
> -      if (i_ehdrp->e_ident[EI_OSABI] != ELFOSABI_LINUX)
> +      if (i_ehdrp->e_ident[EI_OSABI] != ELFOSABI_LINUX &&
> +          i_ehdrp->e_ident[EI_OSABI] != ELFOSABI_NONE)

well... take a look at
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?archive=no&bug=137316

but Grant's references explain it in more detail.

randolph