Re: MIPS md_apply_fix()(?) problem.

[Nick Clifton <nickc at cambridge dot redhat dot com>]

Hi Richard,

> > Then I was going to add a new bitfield to the fixup which would
> > fixup_segment would set if it had added in the symbol's value before
> > calling md_apply_fix3.  Backends could then examine this flag and undo
> > the addition if they wanted to.  In fact it might be better to have a
> > target specific macro that fixup_segment uses to check to see whether
> > it should add in the symbol's value in the first place.
> 
> Would this stuff affect bfd_install_relocation too?

Well now that you mwntion it, yes, I think that that would be a good
idea.

> Would it possible to move all the addend twiddling out of
> bfd_install_relocation and rely only on this new fixup handling
> instead?

As an optional system yes.  Teh default system of using
bfd_install_relocation should still be available of course.

Send me a personal email if you want to pursue this before I get
around to mucking about with it myself.

Cheers
        Nick