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Re: [patch] MIPS gas problems with gcc's explicit relocs


Eric Christopher wrote:
> 
> > - Work around the problem by not using "m" constraints for (d)la in
> >   the inline assembler, that is instead of
> > 
> > 	asm("dla\t%0,%1" : "=r" (result) : "m" (foo));
> > 
> >   something like
> > 
> > 	asm("dla\t%0,foo" : "=r" (result));
> 
> I like this I think the most. It fits with what people are trying to do
> with the la instruction, i.e. load an address for a symbol that they
> know.

I don't, because it means "m" can't be used for 32bit Code any more
without the risk of silently breaking the relocation handling. It
results in reordered code even for

	__asm__ __volatile__ (".set noreorder\n ...


Thiemo


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