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Re: [patch] modify crt0.S for 64-bit address targets


On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 11:51 -0700, cgd@broadcom.com wrote:
> > Assuredly this is the case. I think the problem might be from using the
> > ori instead of addi for the address.
> 
> Perhaps.  For a 32-bit address, I'd expect the address generation to be
> simply lui/addiu, or similar.  (in fact, for this, you only need the
> lui.)
> 

Agreed.

> The only time i'd expect gas would be bothering with shifts at all
> is for 64-bit addresses.  (but that's intuition speaking, rather than
> code examination.)

Technically this is a 64-bit address target (ABI_EABI and a processor
with 64-bit registers). For this particular address I think all you need
is the addi and the shift, but...

-eric


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