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Re: [PATCH] Add support for MIPS16 PIC
- From: Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford at googlemail dot com>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:50:08 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for MIPS16 PIC
- References: <87r6ah1q5e.fsf@firetop.home> <20080709124414.GA18628@caradoc.them.org>
Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 05:27:09PM +0100, Richard Sandiford wrote:
>> In contrast, things Just Work if we use odd-valued (i.e. ISA-encoded)
>> addresses, subtracting 1 from the st_size to compensate. That's the
>> approach I went for.
>
> FYI, this is the only bit I found a little strange in your
> description. For ARM the marker low bit is considered not part of the
> symbol address, and so st_size is not adjusted to compensate.
I suppose there are pros and cons both ways. FWIW, I don't mind
which we go for.
Richard