@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ changes to the content of the document for that release.
217217 | | | Tool Interface for aeabi subsections taken from rationale document. |
218218 | | | Changed assembler syntax to make parameters mandatory and to define |
219219 | | | human readable names. |
220- | | | Generalise mapping of aeabi-feature-and-bits to .note.gnu.property |
221- | | | Renumber aeabi-feature-and-bits tags to start from 0. |
220+ | | | Generalise mapping of aeabi_feature_and_bits to .note.gnu.property |
221+ | | | Renumber aeabi_feature_and_bits tags to start from 0. |
222222 | | | Clarify that the same attribute with different values is an error. |
223223 | | | Rename subsection names to avoid - character which can be difficult |
224224 | | | for assemblers to parse as a single token. |
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ changes to the content of the document for that release.
238238 | 0.5 | 4th July 2025 | Changed optional field to comprehension to clarify its intent. No |
239239 | | | change to encoding or assembly directives. |
240240 +------------+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
241+ | 0.6 | 7th November 2025 | Changed aeabi subsection prefix to aeabi\_ from aeabi. All existing |
242+ | | | names are compliant with this pattern. |
243+ +------------+---------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------+
241244
242245References
243246----------
@@ -705,7 +708,7 @@ prefix to the names of private helper functions (for details see
705708(AAELF64 _)). The same vendor name must be used as a prefix for a
706709vendors private subsection.
707710
708- A public attributes subsection has a prefix of *aeabi *. Names
711+ A public attributes subsection has a prefix of *aeabi\_ *. Names
709712beginning *Anon * and *anon * are reserved for unregistered private use.
710713
711714The syntactic structure of an attributes section is::
@@ -741,13 +744,13 @@ in the private subsection.
741744
742745Attributes that record data about the compatibility of this
743746relocatable object file with other relocatable object files must be
744- recorded in a public "aeabi" prefixed subsection.
747+ recorded in a public "aeabi\_ " prefixed subsection.
745748
746749Attributes meaningful only to the producer must be recorded in a
747750private vendor subsection.
748751
749752Formally, there are no constraints on the order or number of vendor
750- subsections. A consumer can collect the public ("aeabi" prefixed)
753+ subsections. A consumer can collect the public ("aeabi\_ " prefixed)
751754attributes in a single pass over the section, then all of its private
752755data in a second pass.
753756
@@ -791,7 +794,7 @@ by *parameter type*.
791794Public subsections
792795------------------
793796
794- Subsections with a vendor name prefix of "aeabi" are public
797+ Subsections with a vendor name prefix of "aeabi\_ " are public
795798subsections. They contain attributes defined by this specification.
796799
797800Each public subsection defines its own attribute tags.
@@ -804,11 +807,11 @@ Public tags are omitted by one of the following methods::
804807 The ELF file does not have a ``.ARM.attributes`` section. All public
805808 tags defined in this specification are omitted.
806809
807- The ``.ARM.attributes`` does not contain an "aeabi" prefixed
810+ The ``.ARM.attributes`` does not contain an "aeabi\_ " prefixed
808811 subsection defined by this specification. All public tags that can
809812 be defined by the subsection are omitted.
810813
811- An "aeabi" prefixed subsection omits one or more public tags that
814+ An "aeabi\_ " prefixed subsection omits one or more public tags that
812815 can be defined by the subection.
813816
814817The effect of omitting a public tag is identical to including it with
@@ -1139,7 +1142,7 @@ Assembler
11391142Where possible the assembler can derive build attributes from the
11401143assembler's command line options in the same way as the compiler. For
11411144options that cannot be derived, assembler directives can be used to
1142- construct "aeabi" prefixed subsections. The assembler directives take
1145+ construct "aeabi\_ " prefixed subsections. The assembler directives take
11431146precedence over any derived attributes.
11441147
11451148Directives
@@ -1239,4 +1242,4 @@ name.
12391242 This translates to the following .ARM.attributes section contents for
12401243a little-endian relocatable object:
12411244
1242- `A `, <length 0x1e,0x0,0x0,0x0>, "aeabi_feature_and_bits", 1, 0, 2, 1, <length 0x21, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0>, "aeabi-feature -pauthabi", 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
1245+ `A `, <length 0x1e,0x0,0x0,0x0>, "aeabi_feature_and_bits", 1, 0, 2, 1, <length 0x21, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0>, "aeabi_feature -pauthabi", 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1
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