mips16 stubs

[reed kotler]

Consider the following function:
void floatvf(float x) {
}

The compiled with:
mips-linux-gnu-gcc -mips16 mips16_fpcall.c  -S -fPIC -EL


The stub looks like this:

__fn_stub_floatvf:
     .set    noreorder
     .cpload    $25
     .set    reorder
     .reloc    0,R_MIPS_NONE,floatvf
     la    $25,__fn_local_floatvf
     mfc1    $4,$f12
     jr    $25
     .end    __fn_stub_floatvf
     __fn_local_floatvf = floatvf


What is the purpose of this .reloc and this __fn_local_floatvf = floatvf ?

The stub is in it's own section.

TIA.

Reed