c/1012: Linker output error; cannot find a description

Thu Dec 7 13:16:00 GMT 2000

>Number:         1012
>Category:       c
>Synopsis:       Linker output error; cannot find a description
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Dec 07 13:16:00 PST 2000
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     peter.dufault@efi.com
>Release:        unknown-1.0
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>Environment:
gcc version 2.7-97r1a
NT 4.0
Target: Hitachi H8S/2357F
>Description:
I get the following output from ld:

D:\CYGNUS\PRINTB~1\pb01>ld -Map pb01.map -Tlinkf.cmd -o pb01.mot -lc -lgcc
ebeam.o(.text+0xad):ebeam.c: relocation truncated to fit: DISP8 L5+ffffffff

No errors are reported from the compilation. I don't get the error if I compile with -mint32, but I am actually trying to track down why a bunch of the math is not working properly.

What does the "relocation truncated to fit" really mean?
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