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Re: Question regarding MIPS_GPREL_16 relocation
- From: Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>
- To: mile dot davidovic at micronasnit dot com
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:56:03 -0800
- Subject: Re: Question regarding MIPS_GPREL_16 relocation
- References: <200503221328.j2MDSONt002804@krt.neobee.net>
On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 13:21 +0100, Mile Davidovic wrote:
> Hello all
> I am using gcc for MIPS ( 3.3.x, target mips-elf).
> I had problem during linking, (MIPS_GPREL_16 relocation truncated to fit
> error occurs).
> I set value of gp registers to appropriate value and used -mlong-calls and
> -G0 switch to
> prevent this problem.
>
> However problem arise again depending on section size (bss, sbss, data,
> sdata). Every time
> that heppends I have to move gp again. I believe that this reloation is used
> in gcc
> libraries (libgcc, stdc++, ...). Is that any chance these libraries to be
> build without
> mention relocation?
You could also try upgrading your gcc and binutils. Without a testcase
I'm not certain what's happening, but we've fixed a number of problems
with such over the years.
-eric