From: Eric Christopher <echristo@apple.com>
To: Amarnath <amarnath@acmet.com>
Cc: binutils@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Query in MIPS HI and LO relocations
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:36:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9AF61D1A-506A-4F5A-99CC-0E0E6F91FEB0@apple.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <000201c66486$d17663b0$ad00a8c0@amarnath>
On Apr 20, 2006, at 7:29 AM, Amarnath wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am having a query in the MIPS ABI. As per the SYSTEM V ABI,
> R_MIPS_HI16 relocation should be immediately followed by its
> corresponding R_MIPS_LO16.
>
> I would like to know whether this is specific to SYSTEM V architecture
> alone / the linker specification can be changed as per our own
> architecture.
You're free to do whatever you want. I'd look at some of the comments
in elfxx-mips.c for guidance, e.g.
/* The combined value is the sum of the HI16 addend,
left-shifted by sixteen bits, and the LO16
addend, sign extended. (Usually, the code does
a `lui' of the HI16 value, and then an `addiu' of
the LO16 value.)
Scan ahead to find a matching LO16 relocation.
According to the MIPS ELF ABI, the R_MIPS_LO16
relocation must be immediately following.
However, for the IRIX6 ABI, the next relocation
may be a composed relocation consisting of
several relocations for the same address. In
that case, the R_MIPS_LO16 relocation may occur
as one of these. We permit a similar extension
in general, as that is useful for GCC. */
-eric
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-20 14:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-20 14:50 Amarnath
2006-04-20 15:24 ` Thiemo Seufer
2006-04-20 15:36 ` Eric Christopher [this message]
2006-04-20 16:00 ` Dave Korn
2006-04-21 10:06 ` Amarnath
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