[Bug ld/10259] ld generates bad long branch stubs

[dave at hiauly1 dot hia dot nrc dot ca]

------- Additional Comments From dave at hiauly1 dot hia dot nrc dot ca  
2010-01-25 19:59 -------
Subject: Re:  ld generates bad long branch stubs

> I wonder if this bug might be fixed by the patch I attached to
> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10409

The patch causes testsuite problems.

Without patch:
FAIL: script-type
FAIL: Relocation boundaries
FAIL: ld-elf/orphan4

With patch:
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: arm-call
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, b.w
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, bl.w
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, bcc.w
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, blx.w
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, relocate b.w to ARM
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, relocate b.w to Thumb
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, relocate bl.w to ARM
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, relocate bl.w to Thumb
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, relocate b<cond>.w to Thumb
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, relocate blx.w to ARM
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, relocate blx.w to Thumb
ERROR: -EL -mcpu=cortex-a8 
/home/dave/gnu/binutils/src/ld/testsuite/ld-arm/cortex-a8-far-1.s: assembly 
failed
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Cortex-A8 erratum fix, headers
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: arm-pic-veneer
FAIL: script-type
FAIL: Relocation boundaries
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Thumb-2 Interworked branch
FAIL: Thumb-2-as-Thumb-1 BL
FAIL: Thumb-2 BL
FAIL: ARM-ARM farcall
FAIL: ARM-ARM farcall (PIC veneer)
FAIL: ARM-ARM farcall (BE8)
FAIL: ARM-ARM farcall (BE)
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: ARM-Thumb farcall
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: ARM-Thumb farcall with BLX
WARNING: program timed out.
FAIL: Thumb-Thumb farcall M profile
FAIL: Thumb-Thumb farcall
FAIL: Thumb-Thumb farcall with BLX (PIC veneer)
FAIL: Thumb-Thumb farcall M profile (PIC veneer)
FAIL: Thumb-Thumb farcall (PIC veneer)
FAIL: Thumb-ARM farcall
...

On the otherhand, the problem reported in this PR seems to have disappeared.

Dave


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