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Re: compatibility of (mips ELF) .o files between binutils versions?

From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
To: Nick Clifton <nickc at cambridge dot redhat dot com>
Cc: cgd at broadcom dot com, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 07:28:44 -0700
Subject: Re: compatibility of (mips ELF) .o files between binutils versions?
References: <yov5wurxcyd8.fsf@broadcom.com> <m3hej1w1lc.fsf@north-pole.nickc.cambridge.redhat.com>

On Mon, Jul 15, 2002 at 02:41:03PM +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> 
> Well it might be a problem specific to the MIPS port, but even so the
> linker should not seg fault.  It is definitely worth investigating.
> 
> > (I'm not really sure where to even begin debugging this...)
> 
> It appears to be a problem with the relocs.  What does 'objdump -r'
> show for the 2.11.2 assembled binary vs the 2.12.1 assembled binary ?
> 

As I recall, gas/mips 2.11.2 generates really bad files under certain
conditions. I agree ld shouldn't segfault. But I don't expect it will
generate correct results.


H.J.

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