[Bug target/12502] Add support for AS argument "-force-long-branchs" for x86 arch

[mkgnu at gmx dot net]

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------- Additional Comments From mkgnu at gmx dot net  2003-10-03 18:45 -------
I also hawe to ask if there are thoughts for introducing a flag with which it
will be possible to generate code that uses relative addressing for
intra-function calls (e.g. loops) but absolute addressing for out-of-function
branches (e.g. function calls).

The intent is to be able to move during runtime the image of a function to a
different memory location without any processing needed on the function image.
Currently this can only be achieved if out-ofsfunction relative references are
manually adjusted