Re: [uClinux-dev] Re: XIP on an ARM processor (R_ARM_GOTOFF32)

["Shaun Jackman" <sjackman at gmail dot com>]

On 6/28/06, Shaun Jackman <sjackman@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have experimented with GCC 4.0.3, 4.1.0, and 4.1.1. I found that
> 4.1.x behave the same; however, GCC 4.0.3 does not emit GOTOFF32
> relocations. Apparently these are a new feature and preferable in some
> instances since they do reduce the number of instructions by one.
> However, GOTOFF32 does not work when a the relocation is emitted for a
> symbol in the .text segment. As far as I know, any XIP application
> with a static callback function should fail if it's compiled with
> arm-elf-gcc 4.1.x. If anyone else is using this toolchain, I'd
> appreciate the confirmation. The following diff of the output from GCC
> 4.0.3 to GCC 4.1.1 illustrates the new behaviour.
>
> Cheers,
> Shaun

I've opened a new bug, GCC #28194 [1], for this matter.

Cheers,
Shaun

[1] http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28194