Re: port-arm32/50218: ARM executables linked with native linker on cortex-a9 raises SIGILL

[Zaid Ibrahime <mzaidibrahime%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-arm32/50218; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Zaid Ibrahime <mzaidibrahime%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: port-arm32-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, 
	netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-arm32/50218: ARM executables linked with native linker on
 cortex-a9 raises SIGILL
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 11:12:40 +0530

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  > Small programs(<6K size) does not result in SIGILL as all the
 instruction are properly swapped for endianness by the linker.
 
  > Are you sure that it depends on size of the program?
 
 The size may be not significant. The byte swapping happens partially.
 
 On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost> wrote:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR port-arm32/50218; it has been noted by
 > GNATS.
 >
 > From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: port-arm32/50218: ARM executables linked with native linker
 > on cortex-a9 raises SIGILL
 > Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 17:26:33 +0200
 >
 >  On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 03:20:00PM +0000, mzaidibrahime%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
 >  > Small programs(<6K size) does not result in SIGILL as all the
 > instruction are properly swapped for endianness by the linker.
 >
 >  Are you sure that it depends on size of the program?
 >
 >  Sounds more like the bogusly stripped libgcc, see
 >  http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=49337
 >
 >  The fix is only in netbsd-7 or current AFAIK.
 >
 >  Martin
 >
 >
 
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 <div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0&gt; Small programs=
 (&lt;6K size) does not result in SIGILL as all the instruction are properly=
  swapped for endianness by the linker.</span><br style=3D"font-size:12.8px"=
 ><br style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">=C2=A0&gt;=
  Are you sure that it depends on size of the program?</span><br><div><span =
 style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style=3D"font-size:1=
 2.8px">The size may be not significant. The byte swapping happens partially=
 .</span></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
 e">On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Martin Husemann <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a=
  href=3D"mailto:martin%duskware.de@localhost"; target=3D"_blank">martin%duskware.de@localhost</a=
 >&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 =
 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The following reply w=
 as made to PR port-arm32/50218; it has been noted by GNATS.<br>
 <br>
 From: Martin Husemann &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:martin%duskware.de@localhost";>martin@dusk=
 ware.de</a>&gt;<br>
 To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost<br>
 Cc:<br>
 Subject: Re: port-arm32/50218: ARM executables linked with native linker on=
  cortex-a9 raises SIGILL<br>
 Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2015 17:26:33 +0200<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 03:20:00PM +0000, <a href=3D"mailto:mzaidibra=
 hime%gmail.com@localhost">mzaidibrahime%gmail.com@localhost</a> wrote:<br>
 =C2=A0&gt; Small programs(&lt;6K size) does not result in SIGILL as all the=
  instruction are properly swapped for endianness by the linker.<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0Are you sure that it depends on size of the program?<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0Sounds more like the bogusly stripped libgcc, see<br>
 =C2=A0<a href=3D"http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=
 =3D49337" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-=
 bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=3D49337</a><br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0The fix is only in netbsd-7 or current AFAIK.<br>
 <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
 =C2=A0Martin<br>
 <br>
 </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>
 
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