[PATCH] (version 2) Change MIPS linker stubs to allow for more than 2^15 symbols.

[Thiemo Seufer]

Richard Sandiford wrote:
> Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de> writes:
> > I felt the urge to do some more cleanups (interdiff appended),
> > the only function change was to add the IRIX dummy entry to the
> > worst case calculation.
> 
> Which IRIX dummy entry?  If you're referring to the dummy entry at
> the beginning of the symbol table, that entry is a gABI feature and
> is already accounted for.

The one mentioned immediately below:

  /* In the worst case, we'll get one stub per dynamic symbol, plus
     to account for the dummy entry at the end required by IRIX
     rld.  */

and also

  /* IRIX rld assumes that the function stub isn't at the end
     of .text section.  So put a dummy.  XXX  */


Thiemo