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Re: Rework MIPS macro relaxation, fix string merging bug
- From: Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de>
- To: binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 20:40:11 +0100
- Subject: Re: Rework MIPS macro relaxation, fix string merging bug
- References: <873cah3pw7.fsf@redhat.com>
Richard Sandiford wrote:
[snip]
> - It makes it possible to relax n64 NO_PIC sequences into GP-relative
> sequences.
>
> However, the patch doesn't try to do any of these. In particular,
> it keeps the macro_build() argument, even though its value is no
> longer used. I thought this was better than drowning the main change
> (which is quite finicky) in a sea of other stuff. I'll try to clean
> things up in a follow-on patch.
You may however adjust the comment about GP optimization in the
three n64 NO_PIC cases.
[snip]
> Also tested on mips64vrel-elf, which, with all its multlibs, should
> cover all the NO_PIC cases. Tested against the binutils testsuite
> on mips64{,el}-linux-gnu and mips64{,el}-elf. OK to install?
Ok for the mips-specific part.
Thiemo