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Re: strange relocation enties (scattered data)

From: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
To: Nick Clifton <nickc at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 13:00:20 -0800
Subject: Re: strange relocation enties (scattered data)
References: <F64mCvoXM7e0C9guA8M0000c110@hotmail.com> <m3itb0y3tc.fsf@north-pole.nickc.cambridge.redhat.com>

On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 03:45:51PM +0000, Nick Clifton wrote:
> > I am porting binutils to an architecture where 32-bit absolute
> > addresses are not stored in 32 consecutive bits in instruction
> > memory but in 6 groups of a few bits.
> 
> Now that is a strange architecture.

See PA and IA64 which split constants into as many as 5 pieces.


r~

References:
- strange relocation enties (scattered data)
  - From: Jan Hoogerbrugge
- Re: strange relocation enties (scattered data)
  - From: Nick Clifton

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