Proposal: Switch mips64 from REL to RELA

H . J . Lu hjl@lucon.org
Fri Sep 14 08:30:00 GMT 2001


On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 07:11:06AM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I herewith propose to switch mips64 from REL to RELA as default
> relocation type. The reasons are threefold:
>   - ABI64 requires it.
>   - It allows to produce better code.
>   - It makes implementation easier.
> 

Does any current working mips target use the 64bit ELF? As I understand
now, so called "mips64-*" targets just use 32bit ELF with R_MIPS_64.


H.J.



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