PR/52564 CVS commit: [netbsd-8] src/sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff

["Martin Husemann" <martin%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-macppc/52564; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Martin Husemann" <martin%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%gnats.NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: PR/52564 CVS commit: [netbsd-8] src/sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff
Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2018 14:47:37 +0000

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	martin
 Date:		Sat Jun  9 14:47:37 UTC 2018
 
 Modified Files:
 	src/sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff [netbsd-8]: elf32_powerpc_merge.x
 
 Log Message:
 Pull up following revision(s) (requested by uwe in ticket #863):
 
 	sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff/elf32_powerpc_merge.x: revision 1.6,1.7 (patch)
 
 PR port-macppc/52564
 
   . = (. + 0x0FFF) & 0xFFFFF000;
 
 now seems to cause binutils to pad the preceding section, and when
 that happens to be .text the powermac ofw is unhappy for whatever
 reason.
 
 For now provide .pad section that absorbs the padding as a workaround.
 The binutils problem still needs to be looked into.
 
 
 To generate a diff of this commit:
 cvs rdiff -u -r1.4 -r1.4.4.1 \
     src/sys/arch/macppc/stand/fixcoff/elf32_powerpc_merge.x
 
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