On resolving the MIPS gas branch reloc issue

[Thiemo Seufer]

Alexandre Oliva wrote:
[snip]
> >> Perhaps we should just go with branches to symbols in the same
> >> sections for now?  Do you still have patch that you send me the other
> >> day to that effect handy?  Perhaps you could propose it here as well?
> 
> > IMHO it's better to keep the current version and fix NewABI.
> > I'll propose the other patch only as a last resort thing.
> 
> Understood.  Well, I can only wish you good luck and hope you succeed
> where I failed.  I wasted only 1 or 2 days on this, so perhaps being
> smarter and/or having more time, you can succeed.  I hope the pointers
> to the locations where I remember having found problems help.
> 
> Still, if you could post the patch here, I'm sure it could help those
> who want just a stop-gap solution for branches to global symbols
> within the same section, while the full-fledged solution is still
> being worked on.

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2003-02/msg00179.html worked for me,
but I'm not sure about it's correctness.


Thiemo