Thanks Andrew. The problem appeared to be in the way linker script was written. Using ".text.hot" and ".text.unlikely" instead if "text.hot" and "text.unlikely" (without a leading ".") fixed the problem. -Deven Andrew Haley wrote: > > dbadhani wrote: >> Hi Gurus, >> >> I upgraded the gcc toolchain to 4.1.2 and started seeing the following >> linker errors : >> >> ------------------ >> . >> . >> aaa_main.o: In function `main_loop': >> aaa_main.c:273: relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against >> `process_message' >> libaaa.a(aaa_soft.ao): In function `increment_stat': >> stat.c:84: relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_26 against >> `increment_aaa_stat' >> . >> . >> -------------------- >> >> Here's an excerpt from the disassembly: >> ------------------------------- >> Disassembly of section .text: >> >> 00000000 <process_message>: >> 0: 8c830000 lw v1,0(a0 >> . >> . >> . >> Disassembly of section .text.hot: >> . >> . >> >> 000000d8 <main_loop>: >> d8: 27bdff60 addiu sp,sp,-160 >> dc: ffbc0080 sd gp,128(sp >> ------------------------------- >> >> Why is it generating a jump with a 26 bit address (a gap of 64MB)? > > See the section "MIPS Options" in the manual, in particular > `-mlong-calls' > >> Why is it separating the functions into ".text" and ".text.hot" sections >> even when I've put the object file "aaa_main.o" explicitly in the ".text" >> section in the linker script? > > See the docs for `-freorder-functions' in Section 3.10, Options That > Control Optimization. > > Andrew. > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/%22relocation-truncated-to-fit%3A-R_MIPS_26-%22-with-gcc-4.1.2-toolchain-tp19866719p20081327.html Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
