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| author | Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> | 2000-11-27 21:52:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> | 2000-11-27 21:52:56 +0000 |
| commit | 723b0f0d39ebe18c9f28e238c9ecc27931faffa7 (patch) | |
| tree | 5b4d441f2203fd005256cf6b43c343bdbff1ecfe /include | |
| parent | b3a10c9a0b3b41a1fd4cb550470926ef8a428df0 (diff) | |
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* common.h (e_machine numbers): Clarify comments to describe how
EM_* constants are assigned. Move EM_PJ from official section to
ad-hoc section.
(EM_CRIS): Correct comment to match official description.
(EM_MMIX): Ditto.
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/elf/ChangeLog | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/elf/common.h | 18 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/elf/ChangeLog b/include/elf/ChangeLog index 10b6b55..73c14d4 100644 --- a/include/elf/ChangeLog +++ b/include/elf/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,11 @@ +2000-11-27 Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com> + + * common.h (e_machine numbers): Clarify comments to describe how + EM_* constants are assigned. Move EM_PJ from official section to + ad-hoc section. + (EM_CRIS): Correct comment to match official description. + (EM_MMIX): Ditto. + 2000-11-22 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> * common.h (EM_JAVELIN): New machine number. diff --git a/include/elf/common.h b/include/elf/common.h index db7cad4..13c17b0 100644 --- a/include/elf/common.h +++ b/include/elf/common.h @@ -90,7 +90,9 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ #define ET_LOPROC 0xFF00 /* Processor-specific */ #define ET_HIPROC 0xFFFF /* Processor-specific */ -/* Values for e_machine, which identifies the architecture. */ +/* Values for e_machine, which identifies the architecture. These numbers + are officially assigned by registry@sco.com. See below for a list of + ad-hoc numbers used during initial development. */ #define EM_NONE 0 /* No machine */ #define EM_M32 1 /* AT&T WE 32100 */ @@ -151,23 +153,27 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ #define EM_SVX 73 /* Silicon Graphics SVx */ #define EM_ST19 74 /* STMicroelectronics ST19 8-bit cpu */ #define EM_VAX 75 /* Digital VAX */ -#define EM_CRIS 76 /* Axis Communications 32-bit embedded cpu */ +#define EM_CRIS 76 /* Axis Communications 32-bit embedded processor */ #define EM_JAVELIN 77 /* Infineon Technologies 32-bit embedded cpu */ #define EM_FIREPATH 78 /* Element 14 64-bit DSP processor */ #define EM_ZSP 79 /* LSI Logic's 16-bit DSP processor */ -#define EM_MMIX 80 /* Donald Knuth's education 64-bit processor */ +#define EM_MMIX 80 /* Donald Knuth's educational 64-bit processor */ #define EM_HUANY 81 /* Harvard's machine-independent format */ #define EM_PRISM 82 /* SiTera Prism */ -#define EM_PJ 99 /* picoJava */ - /* If it is necessary to assign new unofficial EM_* values, please pick large random numbers (0x8523, 0xa7f2, etc.) to minimize the chances of collision with official or non-GNU unofficial values. NOTE: Do not just increment the most recent number by one. Somebody else somewhere will do exactly the same thing, and you - will have a collision. Instead, pick a random number. */ + will have a collision. Instead, pick a random number. + + Normally, each entity or maintainer responsible for a machine with an + unofficial e_machine number should eventually ask registry@sco.com for + an officially blessed number to be added to the list above. */ + +#define EM_PJ 99 /* picoJava */ /* Cygnus PowerPC ELF backend. Written in the absence of an ABI. */ #define EM_CYGNUS_POWERPC 0x9025 |