Subject: Re: problems compiling NetBSD-current/bebox
To: Mirian Crzig Lennox <mirian@xensei.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 12/02/1998 11:17:16
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To: Mirian Crzig Lennox <mirian@xensei.com>
Cc: port-powerpc@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: problems compiling NetBSD-current/bebox 
Reply-To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 11:17:16 -0800

[ Followups to port-powerpc; I am BCC'ding current-users so that they
  see this.  Please honor the new CC. ]

On 02 Dec 1998 11:54:36 -0500 
 Mirian Crzig Lennox <mirian@xensei.com> wrote:

 > The problem is that /sys/arch/powerpc/include/aout_machdep.h contains
 > the following struct:
 > 
 > /* Relocation format. */
 > struct relocation_info_ppc {
 >         int r_address;                  /* offset in text or data segment */
 >         unsigned int r_symbolnum : 24,  /* ordinal number of add symbol */
 >                         r_extern :  1,  /* 1 if need to add symbol to value */
 >                                  :  2;  /* unused bits */
 >         enum reloc_type r_type   :  5;  /* relocation type */
 >         long r_addend;                  /* relocation addend */
 > };

Actually, relocation_info_ppc is an old a.out'ism, and is not used by
NetBSD/powerpc anymore... the port now uses ELF exclusively.

That structure definition can problably just be removed completely.

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