Re: [PATCH] minor ELF definitions addition

[Andi Kleen]

Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 04:30:03PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > (Note: Patch also attached because the inline version is certain to get
> > line wrapped.)
> > 
> > A trivial addition to the EFL definitions.
> 
> Why?  They're obviously not needed in kernelspace..

linux/elf.h has lots of stuff not needed in kernel space,
but it seems useful to make it a faithful full description
of ELF.

BTW we actually considered using TLS on x86-64 for the PDA.
The only reason it hasn't been done yet is that the necessary
binutils are not wide spread enough yet.

-Andi
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