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Who When What Removed Added
Nick Clifton 2016-01-29 11:32:37 UTC Status NEW MODIFIED
D. Marlin 2016-02-05 02:06:29 UTC CC dmarlin, nickc
Flags needinfo?(nickc)
Nick Clifton 2016-02-08 13:14:40 UTC Status MODIFIED ASSIGNED
Flags needinfo?(nickc)
D. Marlin 2016-02-08 23:10:48 UTC Flags needinfo?(nickc)
Nick Clifton 2016-02-09 10:06:07 UTC Flags needinfo?(nickc)
D. Marlin 2016-02-10 17:01:34 UTC Blocks 1306382
Martin Cermak 2016-02-29 19:31:30 UTC CC mcermak
Nick Clifton 2016-06-01 15:04:25 UTC Status ASSIGNED MODIFIED
Nick Clifton 2016-06-01 15:09:49 UTC Doc Text Cause:
For the AArch64 target, if a program declared a global
variable as a type smaller than an int, but then referred
to it in another file as if it were an int, then the
linker could generate an obtuse, confusing error message.

Consequence:
Programmer confusion from being unable to understand the
error messages from the linker.

Fix:
Improve the error message from the linker, clearly
identifying the cause and suggesting a possible reason
for the error to the user.

Result:
Better programmer experience when using the linker.
errata-xmlrpc 2016-06-02 07:08:43 UTC Status MODIFIED ON_QA
Miloš Prchlík 2016-06-27 12:06:59 UTC Status ON_QA VERIFIED
CC mprchlik
Miloš Prchlík 2016-06-27 12:07:57 UTC QA Contact qe-baseos-tools mprchlik
Aneta Šteflová Petrová 2016-09-21 08:53:52 UTC Flags needinfo?(nickc)
Nick Clifton 2016-09-21 11:14:06 UTC Flags needinfo?(nickc)
Lenka Špačková 2016-09-23 10:46:43 UTC Docs Contact tcapek
Tomas Capek 2016-09-30 16:10:51 UTC Doc Text Cause:
For the AArch64 target, if a program declared a global
variable as a type smaller than an int, but then referred
to it in another file as if it were an int, then the
linker could generate an obtuse, confusing error message.

Consequence:
Programmer confusion from being unable to understand the
error messages from the linker.

Fix:
Improve the error message from the linker, clearly
identifying the cause and suggesting a possible reason
for the error to the user.

Result:
Better programmer experience when using the linker.
Better error message for *AArch64*

For the *AArch64* target, if a program declared a global variable as a type smaller than an integer, but then referred to it in another file as if it were an integer, the linker could generate a confusing error message. This update fixes the error message, clearly identifying the cause and suggesting a possible reason for the error to the user.
errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-02 10:52:20 UTC Status VERIFIED RELEASE_PENDING
errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 01:54:04 UTC Status RELEASE_PENDING CLOSED
Resolution --- ERRATA
Last Closed 2016-11-03 21:54:04 UTC

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