Re: port-macppc/54953: 5.0 binaries on 9.0_RC2 macppc dumps core in jemalloc(3)

[Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR port-macppc/54953; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Valery Ushakov <uwe%stderr.spb.ru@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: Jason Thorpe <thorpej%me.com@localhost>
Subject: Re: port-macppc/54953: 5.0 binaries on 9.0_RC2 macppc dumps core in
 jemalloc(3)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:13:24 +0300

 On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 15:26:45 -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
 
 > Gah, I mis-read the comment, thanks.  So I guess the question is why
 > we ever bothered with the EABI small data.
 
 A bit late to worry about that now, isn't it? :)
 
 I guess (wildly) this was initially a binutils bug and _SDA2_BASE_ was
 always defined, and so we stuck it into r2 in crt0 "b/c it was there"
 as one guy famously said.
 
 See e.g. port-macppc/47464 for what is most likely related fallout
 from the binutils fixes in that area.
 
 -uwe