2.10.91: A problem with R_MIPS_CALL relocations within gas

[Maciej W. Rozycki]

Hi Hiroyuki,

> psABI book (Fig 3-18)says t9 is same as other temporary registers expcet on
> calling position independent functions, because callee asummes t9
> has own  address to calculate gp value.
> 
> According that description, we can use t9 for evaluating function
> address not for calling. I believe following codes are proper.

 You are right.  Do we have any means to detect the common sequence of "la
$25, <sym>", "jalr $25" then?  We could use that to decide to emit CALL
relocations unconditionally when we have no information from gcc (or other
compiler).

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