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+# This file defines the ABI tag value we will use in the ELF note included
+# in the startup code to be linked into every program.
+
+# The following lines list regexps matching canonical configurations, and
+# the associated ABI tag values.  The entire list is processed, with
+# earlier entries taking precedence over later entries.  So loose patterns
+# at the end of the list can give defaults.
+
+# The ABI tag values we use are 32-bit quantities stored in machine byte order.
+# Conventionally the high-order byte indicates the OS and the low three
+# bytes form a version number associated with a particular ABI version.
+
+# After the configuration regexp, four integers in C syntax appear
+# surrounded by any whitespace or punctuation, one for each byte, MSB first.
+
+# Configuration		ABI OS	ABI version
+# -------------		------	-----------
+
+.*-.*-linux.*		0	2.0.0	# earliest compatible kernel version
+
+.*-.*-gnu-gnu.*		1	0.0.0
+
+# There is no catch-all default here because every supported OS that uses
+# ELF must have its own unique ABI tag.