On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 1:46 PM Rich Felker <dal...@libc.org> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 12:33:12PM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 01:18:44PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 04, 2020 at 12:12:32PM -0500, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 05:13:25PM +0200, Daniel Kolesa wrote: > > > > > well, ppc64le already cannot be run on those, as far as I know (I > > > > > don't think it's possible to build ppc64le userland without VSX in > > > > > any configuration) > > > > > > > > VSX is required by the ELFv2 ABI: > > > > > > > > """ > > > > Specifically, to use this ABI and ABI-compliant programs, OpenPOWER- > > > > compliant processors must implement the following categories: > > > > > > This is not actually ABI but IBM policy laundered into an ABI > > > document, which musl does not honor. > > > > It is the ABI. If you think it should be different, make your own ABI, > > don't pretend the existing ABI is different than what it is. Thank you. > > Our ABI is as specified in the ELFv2 document, but with ld as ld64, > and minus gratuitous requirements on ISA level that are not part of > implementing linkage.
Rich, If you are changing the Power ELFv2 ABI then it is not the Power ELFv2 ABI. You can't cherry-pick what you like and claim that it is compatible. You are not conforming to the ABI. Thanks, David