Relocation problem with MIPS kernel modules

[Ralf Baechle]

On Mon, Aug 03, 2009 at 11:44:54AM -0700, David Daney wrote:

>>> R_MIPS_HI16 relocations to be followed by a R_MIPS_LO16 symbol.  All
>>> relocations of this sequence must use the same symbol, of course.  This is
>>> a very old extension; I think it predates the Linux/MIPS port.
>>
>> Perhaps a foolish question, but is this documented anywhere?
>
> What more documentation do you need?  It's obvious if you read  
> bfd/elf{32,64,xx}-mips.c :-).

David ist (unforutunately ...) right.  I don't think this is documented
anywhere.  I also only learned it from reading the binutils sources.

  Ralf