Re: [PATCH v7 04/17] tracing: add static function tracer support for MIPS

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

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 01:30:40PM +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:

> 
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> 
> > 64-bit with -mlong-call:
> > 
> >     lui     $25, %highest(foo)
> >     lui     $2, %hi(foo)
> >     daddiu  $25, %higher(foo)
> >     daddiu  $2, %lo(foo)
> >     dsll    $25, 32
> >     daddu   $25, $2
> >     jalr    $25
> 
>  Don't we use -msym32 these days for this very reason?

We do - where we can.  Not all systems can use -msym32.

  Ralf