Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946814AbWKJXh0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:37:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946822AbWKJXhZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:37:25 -0500 Received: from gw.goop.org ([64.81.55.164]:39852 "EHLO mail.goop.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946814AbWKJXhZ (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:37:25 -0500 Message-ID: <45550D2F.2070004@goop.org> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 15:37:19 -0800 From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061107) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Magnus Damm CC: Horms , "Eric W. Biederman" , Magnus Damm , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Vivek Goyal , Andi Kleen , fastboot@lists.osdl.org, Dave Anderson Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/02] Elf: Align elf notes properly References: <20061102101942.452.73192.sendpatchset@localhost> <20061102101949.452.23441.sendpatchset@localhost> <20061110005051.GB4107@verge.net.au> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 754 Lines: 17 Magnus Damm wrote: > I see no point in aligning to 32-bit boundaries on 64-bit platforms. > Their intention was most likely to align to the word size IMO, so this > is most likely a "thinko" left over from whoever ported the code from > 32-bit to 64-bit. I don't think so. Since Elf64 notes still have 32-bit values in them, 32-bit alignment seems the most sensible. It would certainly be an irritation to have Elf32 and Elf64 Notes with basically the same definition, but with different alignments. J - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/