Re: [avr-gcc-list] Trouble with: relocation truncated tofit:R_AVR_13_PCREL

[Boyapati, Anitha]

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>Subject: Re: [avr-gcc-list] Trouble with: relocation truncated
>tofit:R_AVR_13_PCREL
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>"Boyapati, Anitha" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> 1. Why can't rcall/rjmp be used against external symbols?
>
>They can, and they (usually) do.
>
>> If the value falls outside the legal range, linker relaxation can
>> handle it.
>
>No.  Linker relaxations can only work the other way: replace longer
>jumps/calls by smaller ones. 

Hmm, interesting. 

> The "relocation truncated to fit"
>message means required information has been lost (because it doesn't
>fit into the target address field), so the error is already fatal at
>that point.

Point taken. I missed this. Thanks


Anitha