From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17242 invoked by alias); 15 Apr 2005 11:28:29 -0000 Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 16684 invoked from network); 15 Apr 2005 11:28:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mx02.qsc.de) (213.148.130.14) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 15 Apr 2005 11:28:04 -0000 Received: from port-195-158-168-78.dynamic.qsc.de ([195.158.168.78] helo=hattusa.textio) by mx02.qsc.de with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 1DMOzL-00084C-00; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:27:55 +0200 Received: from ths by hattusa.textio with local (Exim 4.50) id 1DMOzL-0005ba-IZ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:27:55 +0200 Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 11:28:00 -0000 To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" Cc: Eric Christopher , newlib@sources.redhat.com, binutils@sources.redhat.com, cgd@broadcom.com Subject: Re: [patch] adjust libgloss addresses for 64-bit Message-ID: <20050415112755.GA21496@hattusa.textio> References: <1113516346.4591.39.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050414223754.GI32470@hattusa.textio> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: Thiemo Seufer X-SW-Source: 2005-04/txt/msg00417.txt.bz2 Maciej W. Rozycki wrote: [snip] > > I think la should load a proper address for 32bit address space, even > > when used in code with 64bit addresses. That's the most useful > > behaviour for it. > > So what should "la $2,0x80000000($3)" do when using 64-bit addresses? > Replace/supplement the offset with a symbol as suitable... Hm, looks like we break somebody's assumptions regardless what we do. So leaving la as it is and warn about its use seems to be best. Thiemo