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Re: [PATCH] Fix distinction of 32/64bit addresses in MIPS gas

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix distinction of 32/64bit addresses in MIPS gas
From: Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 18:16:57 +0200
References: <20010825032615.E309@rembrandt.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> <wvnr8ts1ddl.fsf@talisman.cambridge.redhat.com>

Richard Sandiford wrote:
> Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts@csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
> 
> > we can't have 64bit addresses in a 32bit object file format,
> 
> I'm not sure what you mean.  I thought elf32 supported 64-bit addresses
> through R_MIPS_64?

MIPS ELF32 has no R_MIPS_64, AFAIK it has no notion of 64bit
entities at all.

> Besides, isn't the address size really decided by
> the ABI?

Sure, and a ABI with 64bit addresses won't fit in a object format
restricted to 32bit.

Thiemo

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [PATCH] Fix distinction of 32/64bit addresses in MIPS gas
  - From: Geoff Keating
- Re: [PATCH] Fix distinction of 32/64bit addresses in MIPS gas
  - From: Richard Sandiford

References:
- [PATCH] Fix distinction of 32/64bit addresses in MIPS gas
  - From: Thiemo Seufer
- Re: [PATCH] Fix distinction of 32/64bit addresses in MIPS gas
  - From: Richard Sandiford

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