On 14/10/11 17:40, Ben Gamari wrote: > According to the ELF for ARM specification, this case requires the > generation of veneer code to handle the instruction set switch. My > question is where can one reliably place this veneer such that it is > within the 2^11 window permitted by the relevant instructions. This is > made difficult considering the fact that in the general case .text > itself may be over 2^11 bytes long. It seems that the ELF for ARM > specification gives a format for veneer symbol naming in appendix B, but > compilers are not required to support this. How does one generally handle > placing these relocations?
You might have to put such veneers *between* the components of the .text section (I really wouldn't expect a single *input* .text to be this large, and it's reasonable to just say "sorry, I can't do that" if anybody tries). R.
