[U-Boot-Users] Re: GOT and adresses

[Federico Lucifredi]

Hello WD,

> I'm not sure what you mean by "customized in gcc". The GNU  toolchain
> just  uses  the  standard  ABI  definitions.  See section "5. PROGRAM
> LOADING AND DYNAMIC LINKING",  and  especially  sub-section  "Dynamic
> Linking   -  Global  Offset  Table"  in  the  PowerPC  Processor  ABI
> Supplement (see http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/Training/MoreInformationMoreLinks
> for a link).

Yes, I have read that, but u-boot somehow alters the GOT behavior provided by gcc with macros such as GET_GOT. I am not sure why that is necessary, or, in other words, why the macro is there in the first place.

-F