[MIPS] Is it legal for the assembler to generate more than 64K sections?

[Jack Carter]

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>> relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_GOT16 against `no symbol'
>>
>> Basically building LLVM with a MIPS GCC. I noticed that the section
>> count was way above 16 bits and seized on that as being the culprit.
>
>Ah, OK.  Looks like a multigot failure at face value.  Are you using
>recent binutils (2.24)?  It has some fixes in that area.

I rebased on Thursday.

Multigot is a good area for me to look since I am mucking with the got with ifunc anyway.

Cheers,

Jack

>
>Thanks,
>Richard