Re: 2.4 kernels + >=binutils-2.14.90.0.8

[Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>]

Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 01:50:27PM +0100, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
> 
> >  Some picky firmware may be unhappy about a bit different ELF layout it
> > yields.  Anyway, this is the right way to go and any problems with bad
> > firmware may be able to be compensated with updates to our linker scripts.
> 
> I've had lots of trouble with ECOFF implementations but not with ELF
> which is a nicer design - in particular the obvious way of implementing
> ELF loading is even likely to be the right one.

Well, some people chose to analyse ELF sections for their boot loader
as the "obvious" way...

> Oh well, we'll see - and I guess a binutils person will object to obove
> paragraph the next five minutes ;-)

Am I still in time? ;-)


Thiemo