[patch] MIPS: Follow the ABI rules for ordering HI16_S/LO16 relocs
Dave Korn
dk@artimi.com
Tue Jun 29 09:41:00 GMT 2004
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Sandiford
> Sent: 29 June 2004 10:29
> > I can see the difficulty in calculating a high part if there's a
> > sign-extended carry from the low part that you don't know
> about, but I don't
> > see why lo16 calculations can't stand entirely by
> themselves if they need.
>
> Mergeable sections are something of a special case.
Ouch, yes, of course. Silly me, I had even half-drafted a similar post
yesterday which included the words 'Does all this only apply in the case of
merging sections?'. I can see they must be a nightmare of corner cases and
unexpected interactions.
I think I'm going to have to propose a new fundamental law of nature,
along the lines of 'ABI-specified features expand to consume the
computational power available to them at link time'.
cheers,
DaveK
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