Re: Gcc - can't branch to undefined symbol

[Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>]

On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 12:25:16PM -0800, Jerry Walden wrote:

> I am using gcc 3.3.2 - when I assemble a file that has a branch to a
> label, and the label is not defined in the .S file (i.e. there is no
> extern - the label exists in another .S file) the error "cannot branch
> to an undefined symbol" results.  Using an older version of
> mipsel-gnu-linux-gcc does not report this error.  Any idea what I am
> doing wrong?

This construct is illegal because it cannot be represented in MIPS ELF.

  Ralf