"Rohit Arul Raj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I have built a cross-compiler for m68k-elf with GCC 4.1.1.
> I need to know the difference in implementations of -fpic and -fPIC
> for this particular target.

-fpic uses 16-bit offsets into the GOT, thus limiting its size to 32k per
object.  With -fPIC the offset is 32 bits, thus there is no limit.

Andreas.

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