H8S Bug when using -relax for h8300-elf

law@redhat.com law@redhat.com
Wed Apr 30 16:24:00 GMT 2003


In message <m3u1cgtd6l.fsf@localhost.localdomain>, Nick Clifton writes:
 >> However, the objdump shows that still 24 bit absolute address is
 >> used.  Whereas in this case usage of -relax switch should make it 8
 >> bit absolute address. Which it is not doing.
 >> 
 >> Any clue ?
 >
 >Yes - my patch just stops the linker from core dumping, it does not
 >implement relaxing for this form of addressing mode.  That is because
 >I am completely unfamiliar with the H8300 instruction set, so I do not
 >know how the instruction should be relaxed.
What instruction?  I can help if you're trying to figure out if a
particular instruction ought to be relaxed or not.  Kazu could probably
help as well.

jeff



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