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Re: -ftest-coverage and .got sections on alpha
- To: lucier at math dot purdue dot edu
- Subject: Re: -ftest-coverage and .got sections on alpha
- From: "Martin v. Loewis" <martin at loewis dot home dot cs dot tu-berlin dot de>
- Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 00:07:08 +0200
- CC: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, lucier at math dot purdue dot edu
- References: <200005281936.OAA10433@polya.math.purdue.edu>
> I have some large program files that compile fine on alphaev6 unless
> I use -ftest-coverage and -fprofile-arcs to prepare them for gcov
> analysis. When I do that I get the infamous .got section over 64K
> message from the linux loader.
Not being very familiar with that architecture: Where does this limit
come from, and how could it be removed? I find it very strange that
a 64 bit target suffers from a 16 bit limit...
Regards,
Martin