[llvm-dev] [iovisor-dev] [PATCH, BPF 1/5] BPF: Use a provisional ELF e_machine value

[Jacques Pienaar via llvm-dev]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Daniel Borkmann via llvm-dev <
llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> On 06/16/2016 10:59 PM, Richard Henderson wrote:
>
>> On 06/16/2016 12:55 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
>>
>>> +  EM_BPF           = 0xeb9f, // Linux kernel bpf virtual machine
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> Great, can that be assumed the final magic e_machine number for the ELF
>>> header that eBPF loaders can check for as well then (I do like 0xeb9f
>>> ;))?
>>>
>>
>> I'm quite fond of 0xeb9f myself.  ;-)
>>
>> I have sent a message to both registry at sco.com and registry at uxsglobal.com
>> .
>> We'll see if that produces a response within a reasonable time frame.
>> Failing
>> that, I'm tempted to just use 0xeb9f forever.
>>
>
> Yeah, sounds good!


I got a response from registry at xinuos.com (registery at sco.com forwards to
there I believe). It took about 6 months to get a number assigned.
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