Re: "relocation truncated to fit: R_MIPS_CALL16"

[Nigel Stephens <nigel@mips.com>]

zhuzhenhua wrote:
> i want to write a mini bootloader for my board, so i need jump to c
> code from asm code
> but when i compile and ld, i get "relocation truncated to fit:
> R_MIPS_CALL16" messages for every function call..
> i have try the mips_4KCle-gcc(worked for u-boot),
> mips_fp_le-gcc(worked for mvita linux), and also a
> mipsel-linux-gcc(worked for my linux 2.6 kernel), but they all failed,
> even i add -G0 to gcc.
> and i only compile success by using mips-elf-gcc under cygwin.
> does it be caused by binutils version? or gcc compile CFLAGS?
> thanks for any hints
>   

This is probably because the mips-linux configuration of gcc is 
generating position-independent code by default, whereas the mips-elf 
version doesn't.

Try adding the options "-mno-abicalls -fno-pic" to your mips-liinux-gcc 
options.

HTH

Nigel