Hi Ranmana: > The linker does not know 6 words are relocated. The linker only knows > that there are 6 relocations to be performed. there has only one relocation about this, other R_MIPS_HI16 and R_MIPS_LO16 relocation is for procedure call. Following is whole disasemble code. 0: 2484ffff addiu $a0,$a0,-1 4: 27bdffd8 addiu $sp,$sp,-40 8: 2c820006 sltiu $v0,$a0,6 c: 1040002c beqz $v0,c0 <testFunc+0xc0> 10: ffbf0020 sd $ra,32($sp) 14: 00041080 sll $v0,$a0,0x2 18: 3c030000 lui $v1,0x0 18: R_MIPS_HI16 .rodata+0x78 1c: 0062182d daddu $v1,$v1,$v0 20: 8c630078 lw $v1,120($v1) 20: R_MIPS_LO16 .rodata+0x78 24: 00600008 jr $v1 ... 30: 3c040000 lui $a0,0x0 30: R_MIPS_HI16 .rodata 34: 0c000000 jal 0 <testFunc> 34: R_MIPS_26 vos_printf 38: 64840000 daddiu $a0,$a0,0 38: R_MIPS_LO16 .rodata 3c: 08000034 j d0 <testFunc+0xd0> 3c: R_MIPS_26 .text+0xd0 40: dfbf0020 ld $ra,32($sp) 44: 00000000 nop 48: 3c040000 lui $a0,0x0 48: R_MIPS_HI16 .rodata+0x10 4c: 0c000000 jal 0 <testFunc> 4c: R_MIPS_26 vos_printf 50: 64840010 daddiu $a0,$a0,16 50: R_MIPS_LO16 .rodata+0x10 54: 08000034 j d0 <testFunc+0xd0> 54: R_MIPS_26 .text+0xd0 58: dfbf0020 ld $ra,32($sp) 5c: 00000000 nop 60: 3c040000 lui $a0,0x0 60: R_MIPS_HI16 .rodata+0x20 64: 0c000000 jal 0 <testFunc> 64: R_MIPS_26 vos_printf 68: 64840020 daddiu $a0,$a0,32 68: R_MIPS_LO16 .rodata+0x20 6c: 08000034 j d0 <testFunc+0xd0> 6c: R_MIPS_26 .text+0xd0 70: dfbf0020 ld $ra,32($sp) 74: 00000000 nop 78: 3c040000 lui $a0,0x0 78: R_MIPS_HI16 .rodata+0x30 7c: 0c000000 jal 0 <testFunc> 7c: R_MIPS_26 vos_printf 80: 64840030 daddiu $a0,$a0,48 80: R_MIPS_LO16 .rodata+0x30 84: 08000034 j d0 <testFunc+0xd0> 84: R_MIPS_26 .text+0xd0 88: dfbf0020 ld $ra,32($sp) 8c: 00000000 nop 90: 3c040000 lui $a0,0x0 90: R_MIPS_HI16 .rodata+0x40 94: 0c000000 jal 0 <testFunc> 94: R_MIPS_26 vos_printf 98: 64840040 daddiu $a0,$a0,64 98: R_MIPS_LO16 .rodata+0x40 9c: 08000034 j d0 <testFunc+0xd0> 9c: R_MIPS_26 .text+0xd0 a0: dfbf0020 ld $ra,32($sp) a4: 00000000 nop a8: 3c040000 lui $a0,0x0 a8: R_MIPS_HI16 .rodata+0x50 ac: 0c000000 jal 0 <testFunc> ac: R_MIPS_26 vos_printf b0: 64840050 daddiu $a0,$a0,80 b0: R_MIPS_LO16 .rodata+0x50 b4: 08000034 j d0 <testFunc+0xd0> b4: R_MIPS_26 .text+0xd0 b8: dfbf0020 ld $ra,32($sp) bc: 00000000 nop c0: 3c040000 lui $a0,0x0 c0: R_MIPS_HI16 .rodata+0x60 c4: 0c000000 jal 0 <testFunc> c4: R_MIPS_26 vos_printf c8: 64840060 daddiu $a0,$a0,96 c8: R_MIPS_LO16 .rodata+0x60 cc: dfbf0020 ld $ra,32($sp) d0: 0000102d move $v0,$zero d4: 03e00008 jr $ra d8: 27bd0028 addiu $sp,$sp,40 dc: 00000000 nop can you explain it? thanks, -Abel
