Re: [PATCH] Accept $cpu-$vendor-none-{coff,elf}

2023-08-01 Thread Dmitry V. Levin
On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 06:52:51PM -0400, John Ericson wrote: > These are not real OSes, they are object file formats. There is a > longstanding tradition of using them for embedded/freestanding > programming, so it makes sense to parse them with `kernel=none`. > > (I have a WIP future patch that

[PATCH] Accept $cpu-$vendor-none-{coff,elf}

2023-07-04 Thread John Ericson
These are not real OSes, they are object file formats. There is a longstanding tradition of using them for embedded/freestanding programming, so it makes sense to parse them with `kernel=none`. (I have a WIP future patch that systematizes parsing these non-OSes a bit more. That also opens the