Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 02:24:48PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: > > > > > - the in-kernel use seems to be limited to the ELF binary object > > > > loader and probably third party modules loaders > > > > I found moving to a consistent definition to be more useful than > > > > keeping the old inconsistent one. > > > > > > I think you're confusing binutils's internal definitions with the use > > > everywhere else. > > > > In particular when in doubt please refer to ELF standards which state > > "EF_" is the prefix for processor-specific flags in "e_flags" in the ELF > > file header; similarly with "EM_" for "e_machine" and "ET_" for "e_type" > > -- you should see the pattern. There is no mention of the "E_" prefix in > > the standards. > > Which makes me wonder why glibc has the E_ definitions. Other operating > systems that I looked up don't. The MIPS ELF ABI supplement mandates those bits to be zero (for MIPS I), consequentially it doesn't need to specify names for them. Thiemo
