#2725: Remove Hack in compiler/nativeGen/MachCodeGen.hs
------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
Reporter: clemens | Owner: clemens
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 6.12 branch
Component: Compiler (NCG) | Version: 6.11
Severity: minor | Resolution:
Keywords: | Difficulty: Unknown
Testcase: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Os: Unknown/Multiple |
------------------------------+---------------------------------------------
Changes (by igloo):
* difficulty: => Unknown
* milestone: => 6.12 branch
Old description:
> Remove the hack around Line 3914 labeled with:
>
> -- HACK: On x86_64 binutils<2.17 is only able to generate PC32
> -- relocations, hence we only get 32-bit offsets in the jump
> -- table. As these offsets are always negative we need to properly
> -- sign extend them to 64-bit. This hack should be removed in
> -- conjunction with the hack in PprMach.hs/pprDataItem once
> -- binutils 2.17 is standard.
>
> This bug is intended for house keeping.
New description:
Remove the hack around Line 3914 labeled with:
{{{
-- HACK: On x86_64 binutils<2.17 is only able to generate PC32
-- relocations, hence we only get 32-bit offsets in the jump
-- table. As these offsets are always negative we need to properly
-- sign extend them to 64-bit. This hack should be removed in
-- conjunction with the hack in PprMach.hs/pprDataItem once
-- binutils 2.17 is standard.
}}}
This bug is intended for house keeping.
--
Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2725#comment:1>
GHC <http://www.haskell.org/ghc/>
The Glasgow Haskell Compiler_______________________________________________
Glasgow-haskell-bugs mailing list
[email protected]
http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-bugs
