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Re: binutils development (was Re: Problems building binutils-000220 snapshot)

To: Alan Modra <alan at SPRI dot Levels dot UniSA dot Edu dot Au>
Subject: Re: binutils development (was Re: Problems building binutils-000220 snapshot)
From: "H . J . Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:35:34 -0800
Cc: Doug Evans <dje at transmeta dot com>, binutils at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
References: <20000222080543.E4334@lucon.org> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10002231108080.13048-100000@mullet.itr.unisa.edu.au>

On Wed, Feb 23, 2000 at 11:15:51AM +1030, Alan Modra wrote:
> > 
> > Why is 64k? It is 16bit relocation. You should be able to go both
> > directions.
> 
> That's right, in 16-bit mode you should be able to jump from any point in
> the 64K address space to any other point.  The three little test files

From what I see in the Intel ia32 instruction manual, it says
rel16 is signed 16bit value and it is encoded in 2 byes. How can
that be 64K in either direction?

H.J.

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