Re: binutils 2.8.1.0.20

[hjl at lucon dot org (H.J. Lu)]

> 
>    From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
>    Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 08:03:16 -0800 (PST)
> 
>    > I think this release might be a bit buggy.
>    > 
>    > This compiling octave 2.0.9.98:
>    > 
>    > g77 -c -fPIC -O3 scaleg.f -o pic/scaleg.o
>    > /tmp/cca19344.s: Assembler messages:
>    > /tmp/cca19344.s:135: Error: unrecognized characters `@GOTOFF(%ebx)' in expression
> 
>    I was told that the old binutils and g77/gcc were wrong on that.
>    I understand both binutils and g77/gcc are fixed in the latest
>    version. Ian, Richard, am I right? BTW, can Richard's patch
>    go into 1.0.2?
> 
> I believe this is correct.  gcc used to incorrectly put @GOTOFF at the
> end of the instruction, and gas used to silently ignore it.
> 
>    Ian, Richard, did the old binutils and g77/gcc generate working binary
>    on that?
> 
> I believe the code did work, but arguably not correctly.  The wrong
> relocation type was generated, so you would up with a relocation in
> your .text segment which the dynamic linker would have to resolve.
> 

I see. Can gas issue a warning instead an error since the currunt gcc
is not fixed yet?

Thanks.


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H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)