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Re: [mips patch rfc/rfa] get rid of coff embedded-pic support.
At Sat, 24 Apr 2004 02:03:24 +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> > 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.
Err, well, in ELF it's R_MIPS_GNU_REL16_S2.
Personally, I'd prefer we not go down the road of keeping this
extension alive. However, since you've expressed interest in doing so
(at least for ELF):
Does that mean that you'd like me to resurrect the support for
relaxing MIPS_R_PCREL16 at link time in ECOFF?
(I hope not. i originally GC'd it. then i thought twice about that
part, and put it back in. then i went and removed it again. 8-)
cgd