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Re: [PATCH][PR ld/10144] MIPS/BFD: Don't make debug section relocs dynamic

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 05:39:04PM +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
>  OK, cc-ed Alan Modra, the original offender. ;)  Perhaps he'll be able to 
> provide input about the directive and its origins.

.dc.a was invented for use in our testsuite.  No other use is
supported, which is why it hasn't been documented.  I won't stand in
the way of anyone who wants to change mips .dc.a behaviour,
particularly if doing so makes it easier to write generic tests for
mips.

-- 
Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM
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