Re: RFC: Adding non-PIC executable support to MIPS

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 08:55:54PM +0100, Richard Sandiford wrote:
> The size of the header and first 0x10000 stubs would be the same.
> I think it would also preserve the resolver interface while removing
> the need for the extra-large .plts.  The only incompatibility I can
> see would be that objdump on older executables would not get the
> foo@plt symbols right for large indices.
> 
> OTOH, perhaps you could argue that the extra complication of the
> two PLT entries doesn't count for much given that the code is
> already written.  It's just an idea.

Your version looks fine to me, it's ABI-preserving, the PLT entries
still work for MIPS I and still have the same runtime cost when not
resolving.  I like it - thanks!

I'm not worried about making people upgrade objdump, either.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery