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Re: [mips patch rfc/rfa] get rid of coff embedded-pic support.

From: Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>
To: Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de>
Cc: Chris Demetriou <cgd at broadcom dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2004 00:29:54 -0700
Subject: Re: [mips patch rfc/rfa] get rid of coff embedded-pic support.
References: <yov5isfrqhw5.fsf@ldt-sj3-010.sj.broadcom.com> <yov5fzau5lt6.fsf@ldt-sj3-010.sj.broadcom.com> <20040423234148.GI22147@rembrandt.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> <mailpost.1082763754.15879@news-sj1-1> <yov57jw65jxu.fsf@ldt-sj3-010.sj.broadcom.com> <20040424000324.GK22147@rembrandt.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>

> > Especially since some of
> > the bits in the assembler are fairly ... twisty.  Once it's all done,
> > the COFF MIPS_R_PCREL16 reloc and the corresponding ELF one should
> > probably go away as well.)
> 
> I'd like to retain the ELF MIPS_R_PCREL16, and implement external
> branches with it again.

? Why?

-eric

-- 
Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>

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- Re: [mips patch rfc/rfa] get rid of coff embedded-pic support.
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