unsupported relocation type with mtspr and mfspr

[H . J . Lu]

On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 11:51:37AM -0800, balasankaran@starcomtec.com wrote:
> i,
> I am using the following assembler.
> ----------------------------------------
> <vkit/ppc/405/bin/ppc_405-as -mregnames -m405 --version
> GNU assembler 2.10.91
> Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
> the GNU General Public License.  This program has absolutely no warranty.
> This assembler was configured for a target of `powerpc-hardhat-linux'.
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> The assembler reports the following error for the assembly lines
> mentioned below. Any suggestions to overcome the problem ?
> Thanks a lot.
> -Bala

I know nothing about PPC. I am forwording your question to the binutils
mailing list.

H.J.
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> 
> ps: The following lines seems to be accepted by Diab data assembler. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Error: unsupported relocation type
> 
> mtspr       SR1,11                # store MSR to SR1 for rfi
> mfspr       r0,SR1
> mfspr       r0,SR1
> mtspr       SR1,12                # restore MSR
> 
> 
> 
> mfspr   12,SRR2                    # read the rfi PC value/SRR2
> mfspr   12,SRR3                    # read the MSR value/SRR3
> mfspr   12,SRR2                    
> mfspr   12,SRR3    
> mfspr   12,SRR2   
> mfspr   12,SRR3  
> mfspr   12,SRR2 
> mfspr   12,SRR3
> mtspr       EVPR,6
> mtspr       TSR,3                  # clear all pending timer inter
> rupts
> mtspr       PIT,3                      # write the count to the PIT
> mtspr       TCR,3                      # enable PIT
> mfspr       10,EVPR                    # get vector base address
> mtspr       TSR,12                     # clear PIT interrupt bit
> mtspr       PIT,12                     # reload PIT