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Re: More problems with MIPS gas relocations

To: Richard Sandiford <r dot sandiford at redhat dot com>
Subject: Re: More problems with MIPS gas relocations
From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 10:27:46 -0700
Cc: cgd at broadcom dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
References: <wvnelr5qgef.fsf@talisman.cambridge.redhat.com> <mailpost.996068245.10031@postal.sibyte.com> <yov5zo9thv12.fsf@tremor.sibyte.com> <wvn4rs1q6ua.fsf@talisman.cambridge.redhat.com>

On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 06:03:25PM +0100, Richard Sandiford wrote:
> Ah!  I didn't think a bug like that would go undetected for long.
> 
> You're right, it was that patch that changed things.  The relocs used to be
> against the .sdata section and things worked fine.  But making the reloc be

The reason for the relocation against the global symbol is you are
supposed to be able to override it if it is in a DSO.

> against a global symbol should work too, right?

Yes.


H.J.

References:
- More problems with MIPS gas relocations
  - From: Richard Sandiford
- Re: More problems with MIPS gas relocations
  - From: cgd
- Re: More problems with MIPS gas relocations
  - From: Richard Sandiford

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