Re: Relocation R_ARM_THM_PC8

["Cristian F. Panessa ( embit s.r.l. )" <cristian dot panessa at embit dot it>]

Ian Lance Taylor ha scritto:
> "Cristian F. Panessa ( embit s.r.l. )" <cristian.panessa@embit.it>
> writes:
>
> > i'm porting a proprietary software platform, usually compiled with IAR
> > compiler, into an open-source
> > project that will be compiled with gcc, then i need to link my code
> > object with IAR library.
> > The project is for an ARM7 TDMI-S v5.
> > I've found that the IAR library that i would link use as relocation
> > R_ARM_THM_PC8, that don't is implemented into
> > arm-elf-gcc.
> > Now i ask:
> > There is someone that have compiled the binutils with this feature
> > built-in, or is it possible to obtain some indications to implement this
> > relocation ?
>
> I agree that the GNU binutils do not appear to implement the
> R_ARM_THM_PC8 relocation.  That seems to be a strange omission.  Fixing
> that would mean changing bfd/elf32-arm.c to handle R_ARM_THM_PC8 more or
> less as R_ARM_THM_PC12 is handled, with the obvious adjustment from 12
> bits to 8.
>
> This is not really a gcc issue, and further discussion should probably
> take place on the GNU binutils mailing list, binutils@sourceware.org.
> See http://sourceware.org/binutils .
>
> Ian

Hi Mr. Taylor,

thank you kindly for your reply.
Then i'll try to investigate on R_ARM_THM_PC12 and i'll post my question
to GNU binutils mailing list.

Thank you again.

Best Regards

Cristian F. Panessa