Re: [mips-tls] Revised versions of MIPS TLS ABI specification

[Nigel Stephens <nigel@xxxxxxxx>]

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> Take a look at
>  ftp://ftp.linuxppc64.org/pub/people/amodra
>
> (from memory; I hope I got the path right.)
>
>  
Thanks.

> No.  This is a variant I model, which means that the size and layout of
> the TCB are known; it's in variant II that the TCB is indeterminate. In
> variant I the TLS areas have a positive offset from the TCB, which
> starts with a pointer to the DTV; in variant II they have a negative
> offset from the TCB, which has indeterminate contents.  In either case
> the static linker can resolve IE/LE references that bind to the local
> executable.
>  
Ah, yes. So variant I works because we are defining the TCB structure 
and we don't require compatibility with any pre-existing TLS library. Right?
Nigel