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Re: [PATCH] (version 2) Change MIPS linker stubs to allow for more than 2^15 symbols.
Richard Sandiford wrote:
> Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de> writes:
> > I felt the urge to do some more cleanups (interdiff appended),
> > the only function change was to add the IRIX dummy entry to the
> > worst case calculation.
>
> Which IRIX dummy entry? If you're referring to the dummy entry at
> the beginning of the symbol table, that entry is a gABI feature and
> is already accounted for.
The one mentioned immediately below:
/* In the worst case, we'll get one stub per dynamic symbol, plus
to account for the dummy entry at the end required by IRIX
rld. */
and also
/* IRIX rld assumes that the function stub isn't at the end
of .text section. So put a dummy. XXX */
Thiemo