Re: 3.18+: soft-float userland unusable due to .MIPS.abiflags patch

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On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 08:36:12PM +0000, Matthew Fortune wrote:
> You are right that it is the .MIPS.abiflags patch that is causing your
> trouble. For a long time I had to put a restriction in the ABI plan that
> soft-float binaries without an ABIFLAGS pheader could not be linked against
> soft-float binaries with an ABIFLAGS pheader. We have since found a way to
> relax that restriction without reducing the effectiveness of the new
> compatibility checks. I would need to check the code in the kernel but I 
> suspect that is the issue. Markos has done a significant update to this
> piece of code which he posted earlier today. That updated version should
> allow the combination of soft-float without ABIFLAGS and soft-float with
> ABIFLAGS.

Are you referring to the series with 70 patches? I think a fix that passes
stable kernel rules is needed.

A.




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