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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>2008-07-27 12:25:57 -0300
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>2008-07-27 12:25:57 -0300
commit50cb993ea6cd187bfed085cb3e0747066edeb02f (patch)
tree61edac62c6c5bc07c59e4369c50c6821ad77f2c0 /include/asm-powerpc/elf.h
parent445c2714cf72817ab1ad3ca894c6d9b2047b3a3e (diff)
parent8be1a6d6c77ab4532e4476fdb8177030ef48b52c (diff)
Merge ../linux-2.6
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-powerpc/elf.h')
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diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h b/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h
index 89664675b46..80d1f399ee5 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/elf.h
@@ -217,6 +217,14 @@ typedef elf_vrregset_t elf_fpxregset_t;
#define ELF_PLATFORM (cur_cpu_spec->platform)
+/* While ELF_PLATFORM indicates the ISA supported by the platform, it
+ * may not accurately reflect the underlying behavior of the hardware
+ * (as in the case of running in Power5+ compatibility mode on a
+ * Power6 machine). ELF_BASE_PLATFORM allows ld.so to load libraries
+ * that are tuned for the real hardware.
+ */
+#define ELF_BASE_PLATFORM (powerpc_base_platform)
+
#ifdef __powerpc64__
# define ELF_PLAT_INIT(_r, load_addr) do { \
_r->gpr[2] = load_addr; \