Ian Lance Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Rohit Arul Raj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I have built a cross-compiler for m68k-elf with GCC 4.1.1. >> I need to know the difference in implementations of -fpic and -fPIC >> for this particular target. > > -fpic uses a 16-bit offset when accessing the GOT. -fPIC uses a > 32-bit offset. Thus -fpic may fail if you have more than 16K global > variables. and -fPIC will fail on the 68000 (are there still 68000s > out there?).
FWIW, Coldfire targets, like the 68000, are also restricted to 16-bit offsets. Richard
