m68k - Dropping the Motorola syntax

Tue Aug 19 22:41:00 GMT 2003

Bernardo Innocenti <bernie@develer.com> writes:

|> So I wonder, how could they use the MIT syntax _and_ PIC at the same
|> time if it wasn't supported by GCC?

GCC *does* have PIC support with MIT syntax, but it works different from
the ELF model.  The main difference are how the PIC register is set up and
how references to the GOT and PLT are annotated.

Andreas.

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