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Re: [mips patch rfc/rfa] get rid of coff embedded-pic support.
- From: Eric Christopher <echristo at redhat dot com>
- To: Nigel Stephens <nigel at mips dot com>
- Cc: Thiemo Seufer <ica2_ts at csv dot ica dot uni-stuttgart dot de>, "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro at ds2 dot pg dot gda dot pl>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 16:39:25 -0700
- Subject: Re: [mips patch rfc/rfa] get rid of coff embedded-pic support.
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> Seconded. In embedded code it's useful for building (for example)
> position-independent bootstrap code where the code isn't all in the same
> file.
OK I'm convinced that people find it useful and we should probably keep
it.
-eric
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Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>