Subject: Re: ld_elf.so proposal for selecting hw/dependent libraries
To: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 12/12/1999 14:37:57
On Sun, 12 Dec 1999 17:25:45 -0500 
 christos@zoulas.com (Christos Zoulas) wrote:

 > Yes, they are all normalized to strings [so I can use simpler data structures]
 > 
 > | I'm thinking of the Alpha case again, here.  We can't just key off
 > | "21164" ... BWX appears in "21164A" (EV56), "21164PC" (PCA56), and
 > | "21264" (EV6).
 > 
 > Good point.

Actually... what if we called the file something else?  Like /etc/ld.so.libs?

My reasoning is this: ld.so.conf is pretty much the same across all platforms
right now.  But it'd be nice to allow each port to ship its own ld.so.libs
(src/etc/etc.<machine_arch>?).

        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>