From: Justin Cormack <justin@specialbusservice.com>
To: musl@lists.openwall.com
Subject: Re: ppc64 ABI
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 18:01:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK4o1WyYXuakAVQ_eHi+tp4_jSMWHx6DHZAU=uHB9OZjso_Vaw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150419151221.GO6817@brightrain.aerifal.cx>
On 19 April 2015 at 16:12, Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org> wrote:
>> v2, usually known as powerpc64le, helpfully. It is not little endian
>> exclusively, but there are no existing distros that are big endian.
>> Aim was to make it much closer to a standard ABI, so function pointers
>> are gone.
>
> Do you mean function descriptors?
yes.
> Unless there's a strong reason (like compatibility with existing code,
> which won't be much of an issue here) I prefer not to introduce two
> different ABIs for the same target. If v2 is really that much better I
> would like to just go with it from the beginning. Having v2 for BE
> could also be an interesting "first" musl could claim.
Yes that seems sane.
Justin
prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-04-19 17:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-04-19 11:44 Justin Cormack
2015-04-19 13:54 ` Szabolcs Nagy
2015-04-19 14:40 ` Justin Cormack
2015-04-19 15:13 ` Rich Felker
2015-04-19 15:12 ` Rich Felker
2015-04-19 17:01 ` Justin Cormack [this message]
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