Subject: Re: Why mark our .note.netbsd signature LOADable?
To: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 12/06/2006 17:20:09
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 02:05:46PM +0000, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> I really don't think it makes any practical difference.
I agree.
> For starters, sections aren't read by a loader, only PHDRs.
Ok, that is a striking argument - this .note is needed for proper loading
of the binary, and therefore should be in a PHDR.
Martin