RFA: MIPS's _gp symbol and the new orphan-placement code

[Alan Modra]

On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 09:37:23PM +0000, Richard Sandiford wrote:
> robust.  Does anyone have any comments about the new _gp assignment in
> my patch?  Is it better, or could it lead to other problems?  Do you
> prefer the idea of introducing new orphan placement hints and keeping
> the assignment as-is?

I think your patch is OK, but I prefer the ". = ." hint for simplicity.
As far as I'm concerned, it's up to one of the mips maintainers to
say what they like.  ;)

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Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre