>>> On 08.04.16 at 03:52, <kon...@kernel.org> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 08:18:27PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: >> > >> > > + $(OBJCOPY) -I binary -O elf64-x86-64 -B i386:x86-64 \ >> > > + --rename-section=.data=.note.gnu.build-id -S $@.bin $@ >> > >> > Since you put the notes into .rodata anyway, why name the >> > section .note.*? Just name it .rodata.*, avoiding to mislead >> > others who also think that a section's name has much of a >> > meaning. >> >> Way back last year: >> http://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-01/msg01264.html >> >> which is where the .note came about. I can put it all in .rodata >> and not have it for normal ELF builds if you would like. > > .rodata.notes for both ELF and EFI looks to have done the trick. > Now it is just the matter of testing it.
Why also for ELF? In ELF, these are ordinary notes, so imo belong into .note or .note.*. As opposed to COFF/PE, where the idea of notes doesn't exist. Jan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
