gas failed "make check" on linux/mipsel

[H. J. Lu]

On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 10:16:43AM -0700, cgd@broadcom.com wrote:
> At Sat, 21 Sep 2002 06:13:32 +0000 (UTC), "H. J. Lu" wrote:
> > With the patch enclosed here, I only got
> 
> Did you try the ld testsuite w/ this patch, to see if it causes the
> ld-misc-2 test to be fixed as well?

I only use Linux/mips.

> 
> 
> > FAIL: MIPS empic
> > FAIL: MIPS empic2
> > FAIL: MIPS empic3 (global, negative)
> > FAIL: MIPS empic3 (global, positive)
> > 
> > I have no idea if they are the testcase problems.
> 
> These could possibly be testcase problems, but they're new and need
> careful investigation.
> 
> I was going to do said investigation, but first got blocked on
> branches to globals in general not working, and didn't have much time
> to look into it further...

I believe branches to globals should be resolved by the assenbler if it
is defined in the same file unless gcc will generate such instructions.


H.J.