From patchwork Sun Mar 12 17:31:54 2017 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Gerald Pfeifer X-Patchwork-Id: 737846 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from sourceware.org (server1.sourceware.org [209.132.180.131]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3vh7NY1KR2z9s7L for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 04:32:13 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gcc.gnu.org header.i=@gcc.gnu.org header.b="Tx1SEsWe"; dkim-atps=neutral DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gcc.gnu.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-archive:list-post:list-help:sender:date :from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=ip2fFnBGLcp2DA9b mKSc1JJBguyHwus8rlZxv0okcKEinb1VVOGyXSxpETnJzwWThNhuMKP9kNDwo0q+ IqBRflw+jnh1JC0nwEVmEG9qm+Xsa5gyz+BQahB0Pm2FiH+bU5Iv/xnpx8PR7RFU VaM6Bc08khVTO+mssimgFTYxvN4= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=gcc.gnu.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-archive:list-post:list-help:sender:date :from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type; s=default; bh=XDad7T0NF8y/aDvsDX0HN9 myOfs=; b=Tx1SEsWeoxFcDWM5UpF3K/5JDURH0cBcN5IDwWWx4Ji4XAnW4IKxMA Dj7WU/qG932v+4rHeOLkePZgWKJg1OMvJ5pbBgcaxn4ooSBe8i5r0UrP+cxQxHvL 5vXgZc+CUXekfem+C8QXw1zbpv4r5s8bTtJimB0dadRaPJR1oNx9M= Received: (qmail 60846 invoked by alias); 12 Mar 2017 17:32:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-patches-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-patches-owner@gcc.gnu.org Delivered-To: mailing list gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 60802 invoked by uid 89); 12 Mar 2017 17:32:04 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-11.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, GIT_PATCH_2, GIT_PATCH_3, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=you! X-HELO: ainaz.pair.com Received: from ainaz.pair.com (HELO ainaz.pair.com) (209.68.2.66) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 17:32:02 +0000 Received: from anthias (vie-188-118-249-200.dsl.sil.at [188.118.249.200]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ainaz.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4BFDC3F530; Sun, 12 Mar 2017 13:31:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 18:31:54 +0100 (CET) From: Gerald Pfeifer To: "Moore, Catherine" cc: gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, Matthew Fortune Subject: RE: install.texi and mips-*-* In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes On Sun, 12 Mar 2017, Moore, Catherine wrote: >> Okay to yank it? > Yes, thank you. Done per the patch below (committed). > I will review the rest of the MIPS doc in install.texi this week. Thank you! Gerald 2017-03-12 Gerald Pfeifer * doc/install.texi (Specific) : Remove description of issue that only occurred with binutils below 2.18. Index: doc/install.texi =================================================================== --- doc/install.texi (revision 246078) +++ doc/install.texi (working copy) @@ -4122,14 +4122,6 @@ @command{configure} option when configuring GCC@. The default is to use traps on systems that support them. -The assembler from GNU binutils 2.17 and earlier has a bug in the way -it sorts relocations for REL targets (o32, o64, EABI). This can cause -bad code to be generated for simple C++ programs. Also the linker -from GNU binutils versions prior to 2.17 has a bug which causes the -runtime linker stubs in very large programs to -be incorrectly generated. GNU Binutils 2.18 and later (and snapshots -made after Nov. 9, 2006) should be free from both of these problems. - @html
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