Painful problems with -fpic implementation on powerpc-sysv

Jeffrey A Law law@cygnus.com
Thu Aug 20 15:53:00 GMT 1998


  In message < m0z9Y1d-00038xC@ocean.lucon.org >you write:
  > That sounds similar to the x86 -fPIC/-fomit-frame-pointer bug we fixed
  > earlier. What we did was to make sure the PIC register is used when in
  >  doubt:
  > 
  > Sun Jul 26 01:11:12 1998  H.J. Lu  (hjl@gnu.org)
  >        
  >         * i386.h (CONST_DOUBLE_OK_FOR_LETTER_P): Return 0 when eliminating
  >         the frame pointer and compiling PIC code and reload has not complet
It's a closely related problem.  But the solution is more complex.



jeff



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