RE: QUERY in relocation of ABSOLUTE SYMBOLS

["Santosh" <santosh at acmet dot com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: binutils-owner@sourceware.org
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> On Behalf Of Nick Clifton
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 8:00 PM
> To: santosh@acmet.com
> Cc: binutils@sourceware.org
> Subject: Re: QUERY in relocation of ABSOLUTE SYMBOLS
> 
> Hi Santosh,
> 
> > I have a query in relocation for HI AND LO operators.
> 
> You should mention which architecture(s) you are concerned about as
this
> may be important.
> 
> > Assume that we know the address of ABSOLUTESYMBOL while assembling.
> 
> > Addiu r3, HI ( ABSOLUTE SYMBOL )
> > ORI r2, LO ( ABSOLUTE SYMBOL )
> >
> > Its it better to emit relocation information for the above HI AND LO
or
> > to resolve in assembling itself
> 
> If the ABI for the architecture says that you must emit the relocs for
> this situation then you must do it.  Otherwise it is better not to
emit
> the relocs but resolve the expression in the assembler.  This
simplifies
> the generated object file which means that it will be that little bit
> faster to link.
> 
> Note - if the address for ABSOLUTESYMBOL is only for a weak definition
> then you must also emit the relocs.  The weak definition might be
> overridden by another definition in another object file.
> 
> Cheers
>    Nick

I will check them as per your suggestion 

Thank you 
I Santhosh