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Re: hppa dynamic linker fix for g++ 3.0
- To: Matthew Wilcox <willy at paer dot debian dot org>
- Subject: Re: hppa dynamic linker fix for g++ 3.0
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Date: 17 Jun 2001 16:12:21 -0700
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- References: <E15Bl5a-0002Cl-00@paer.debian.org>
- Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
Matthew Wilcox <willy@paer.debian.org> writes:
> With gcc 3.0's new exception handling mechanism, relocations can now be
> placed at addresses which are not aligned at a multiple of 4. This patch
> allows that to work.
You don't want to do it this way. This is a horrible performance
killer. If you have unaligned relocations create a separate
relocation type. Look how other architectures (e.g. SPARC) do it.
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