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Re: FYI: patches for powerpc-aix...
- From: Tristan Gingold <gingold at adacore dot com>
- To: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
- Cc: "binutils at sourceware dot org Development" <binutils at sourceware dot org>, Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>, David Edelsohn <dje dot gcc at gmail dot com>
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 09:35:20 +0200
- Subject: Re: FYI: patches for powerpc-aix...
- References: <20130218230528 dot GH22159 at adacore dot com> <20130219024126 dot GI1266 at bubble dot grove dot modra dot org> <4C5A0934-EF54-4A9F-A4BF-EF56E098B3CC at adacore dot com> <20130515235945 dot GE5221 at bubble dot grove dot modra dot org>
On May 16, 2013, at 1:59 AM, Alan Modra wrote:
> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 04:38:10PM +0200, Tristan Gingold wrote:
>> bfd/
>> 2013-05-15 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
>>
>> * coff-rs6000.c (xcoff_howto_table): Add R_POS_16 entry.
>
> I'm a little curious as to why you didn't use the R_RL howto, which
> only differs from this one in the type and name. The type won't be
> used to set up an external reloc, will it? (And if we do get an
> external reloc, the only info I have on R_RL says "treated the same as
> the R_POS relocation type".)
Yes, that makes sense.
> Also, doesn't coff64-rs6000.c need an equivalent patch?
Sure.
>> (_bfd_xcoff_reloc_type_lookup): Handle BFD_RELOC_16.
>>
>> gas/
>> 2013-05-15 Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
>>
>> * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_is_toc_sym): Symbols of class XMC_TC
>> are also TOC symbols.
>
> --
> Alan Modra
> Australia Development Lab, IBM