MIPS relocation is REL?

[Ian Lance Taylor]

"K. Ahmed Feroz" <feroz@acmet.com> writes:

> I think all MIPS processor using "REL" relocations instead of RELA.

Actually some versions of MIPS ELF support both.  Search for RELA in
bfd/elf64-mips.c.

> Can anyone provide me the reason why it is "REL" instead "RELA"?

The original MIPS ELF Processor Supplement required REL relocs, not
RELA relocs.  That was probably a mistake, but it was one made a long
time ago.

Ian