Re: GCC 4.4.2(mips) with -mplt option

[Zhang Le <r0bertz@gentoo.org>]

On 19:27 Fri 29 Jan     , YD wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have built the toolchain using the buildroot ( GCC 4.4.2 with
> uClibc-0.9.30.1 )

I think you need to check if uClibc supports this feature.
-mplt need support from libc, specifically dynamic loader, ld.so.

> 
> Everything works well but when I compiled with -mplt option, always it
> fails with Segmentation fault.
> 
> I read some articles that with -mplt option, preformance will be 10%
> highter than without plt option.
> 
> I don't know why this fails everytime. please help me...
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> int main()
> {
>  printf("Hello world \n"); return 0;
> }
> 
> #mipsel-linux-gcc  -o a a.c
>  Hello world
> #mipsel-linux-gcc -mplt -o a a.c
>  Segmentation fault
> #mipsel-linux-gcc -mplt -no-shared -o a a.c
>  Segmentation fault
> #mipsel-linux-gcc -mplt -no-shared -mabicalls -o a a.c
>  Segmentation fault

And -no-shared is actually not needed
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2008-12/msg00010.html

You should be able to verify this by 'mipsel-linux-gcc -v'

Zhang, Le