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Re: Why does m32r-elf use REL relocations?

From: Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com>
To: inaoka dot kazuhiro at renesas dot com
Cc: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 14:13:31 +0100
Subject: Re: Why does m32r-elf use REL relocations?
References: <014d01c330c9$5d9aed60$2569910a@hoku.renesas.com><16104.20664.342335.392450@casey.transmeta.com>

Hi Kazuhiro,

> Would you tell me why M32R target uses REL relocations instead of RELA?

Because that is what Mitsubishi requested.  They were concerned about
the size of object files and wanted to use REL relocations as these
are smaller.

> Can we change them ?

The problem would be incompatibility with already existing m32r object
files.  (In libraries for instance).

Cheers
        Nick

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Why does m32r-elf use REL relocations?
  - From: Michael Meissner
- Re: Why does m32r-elf use REL relocations?
  - From: Kazuhiro Inaoka

References:
- Why does m32r-elf use REL relocations?
  - From: Kazuhiro Inaoka
- Why does m32r-elf use REL relocations?
  - From: Doug Evans

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