A relocation problem in shared objects for SH

kaz Kojima kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp
Mon Sep 18 01:23:00 GMT 2000


Toshi Morita <tm2@best.com> wrote:
> The elf32-sh supports both REL and RELA relocation types, because
> binutils generates one (REL I think) and Hitachi SHC generates the
> other (RELA, I think).

Now I understand the secret :-)

> If you remove support for one of the types, it may create
> problems when linking with Hitachi SHC created object files.

I don't want to change the behavior of elf32-sh. I'm talking about
elf32-sh-linux only which is fortunately free from any binary
compatibility problem. Of course, there may be another difficulties
to do so.

Thanks,
	kaz


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