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Re: [PATCH] ARM: Use different linker path for hardfloat ABI


On 04/03/2012 05:09 PM, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> On 03/04/12 12:01, Jakub Jelinek wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 11:45:30AM +0100, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
>>> If, so then there's only one way to sort out this mess.
>>>
>>> /lib/arm-linux-gnueabi/ld-linux.so.3  Location of soft-float loader
>>> /lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/ld-linux.so.3 Location of hard-float loader
>>
>> The above scheme is a Debianism which no other distro is using.
>>
>> 	Jakub
>>
> 
> Not really, it's just a naming convention for where the config-specific
> dynamic loader lives.  It doesn't affect where the remaining shared
> libraries live.
> 
> The subdirectories could be called fred and jim and it would still work.
>  The only thing required is that this part of the naming scheme be
> agreed amongst the distros.
> 
> This looks to me like it's turning into a bike-shed painting excerise
> between the distros out there.  That's really sad.

I don't think we ever even had the discussion: Debian invented their
Debian-internal scheme for managing multiple ABIs.  They have in the past
used patched versions of gcc, as in the case of x86_64.

Andrew.


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