From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>
To: mark@codesourcery.com
Cc: binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: PATCH for 64-bit MIPS ELF buglets
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 20:24:00 -0000
Message-id: <19990713032335.1322.qmail@daffy.airs.com>
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   Date: 12 Jul 1999 23:10:19 -0400
   From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@zembu.com>

   A R_MIPS_26 relocation implies a 32-bit instruction.  When such a
   relocation refers to a 16 bit symbol, the opcode is required to be
   jal.  The linker automatically converts it to jalx.

   Similarly, a R_MIPS16_26 relocation implies a 16-bit instruction.
   When such a relocation refers to a 32-bit symbol, the opcode is
   required to be jal.  The linker automatically converts it to jalx.

A small correction: in either case, the opcode is required to be
either jal or jalx.  An instance of jal is converted to jalx.

Ian