On 8 February 2016 at 18:08, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Feb 2016, H.J. Lu wrote:
>
>> >> I was referring to program properties:
>> >>
>> >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/generic-abi/fyIXttIsYc8
>> >
>> > This looks more like an ELF topic to me, not really ABI.
>> >
>> > Please discuss this on a GNU project list because it affects the
>> > entire GNU project.
>> >
>>
>> gABI is ELF and affects all users, including GNU project, of gABI.
>> Linux-abi discusses Linux-specific extensions to gABI. It is for tools
>> like compilers, assembler, linker and run-time. It isn't appropriate
>> for any GNU project list.
But the examples presented so far (STT_GNU_IFUNC, PT_GNU_RELRO etc.)
are relevant to GNU systems in general and are not Linux-specific.
> I find it extremely unlikely that many well-thought-out extensions would
> be appropriate for GNU systems using the Linux kernel but not for GNU
> systems using Hurd or other kernels - the only such cases would be for
> things very closely related to kernel functionality. There is a strong
> presumption that toolchain configuration should apply to all GNU systems
> rather than being specific to GNU/Linux without good reason.
Agreed. As we've seen with the fallout from the abi_tag attribute we
need better communication between groups in the free software tool
chain world, not more fragmentation.
