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Re: REL vs. RELA: how to choose?
> From: Doug Evans <dje@transmeta.com>
> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 20:43:32 -0800 (PST)
> Note that the mips and m32r ports are REL
> but they do get the 16 hi + 16 lo case correct.
They do it by constraining the code sequences that compilers can
generate, leading to poorer optimisation. (The actual requirement is
that a LO reloc to the same address must immediately follow a HI
reloc, I believe.)
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>