[PATCH] Add support for MIPS16 PIC

Richard Sandiford rdsandiford@googlemail.com
Wed Jul 9 18:50:00 GMT 2008


Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 05:27:09PM +0100, Richard Sandiford wrote:
>>     In contrast, things Just Work if we use odd-valued (i.e. ISA-encoded)
>>     addresses, subtracting 1 from the st_size to compensate.  That's the
>>     approach I went for.
>
> FYI, this is the only bit I found a little strange in your
> description.  For ARM the marker low bit is considered not part of the
> symbol address, and so st_size is not adjusted to compensate.

I suppose there are pros and cons both ways.  FWIW, I don't mind
which we go for.

Richard



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