about Reloc Type: BFD_RELOC_8/16/32

[DJ Delorie]

Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> writes:
> You may well see relocations involving a subtraction between some
> symbol and .Ldebug_abbrev0.  That will only happen if the other symbol
> is in the .debug_abbrev section.  That kind of calculation can be made
> by the assembler at assembly time, and does not involve a relocation.

One exception is targets that support linker relaxation - they may have
a "difference of symbols" reloc so that the difference can be adjusted
after linker relaxation is done.