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Re: Libgcc symbols
- To: rth at redhat dot com
- Subject: Re: Libgcc symbols
- From: kenner at vlsi1 dot ultra dot nyu dot edu (Richard Kenner)
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 01 14:36:37 EDT
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
I believe Kenner added it in the distant past as a way to reload
the PIC register after a non-local goto or exception receiver.
Which happens to work on Alpha and a few other architectures.
No, Alpha was fine. It was SGI IRIX O32 where you need to make the
call to restore GP.