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Subject: Re: problem with AS from binutils 2.21.1
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:54:56 -0800 (PST)
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Hi,

On Dec 28, 2:39 pm, Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroe DOT  DOT  DOT  AT t-online DOT de>
wrote:
> On 25.12.2011 23:21, RayeR wrote:
>
> > btw dsputil.o is quite large (3,4MB) file, compiling taken some
> > seconds maybe problem due to low memory?
>
> No.  The problem is actually stated reasonably clearly right in that
> first error message you got:
>
> e:/djgpp/bin/as.exe: dsputil.o: /68: reloc overflow: 0x15b32 > 0xffff
>
> The problem is that this file just has too many relocations (i.e.
> addresses left to be fixed up by the linker).  Too many as in: more than
> the object file format used by DJGPP can handle.
>
> Bottom line: that source file is just too big.

Yeah, it's well known that DJGPP's COFF is a bit limited (though
hardly anybody has ever been bothered by this so far). Presumably DJ
has too little free time, so I hardly expect him to fix it anytime
soon, though indeed he's shown some interest.

Your best bet (for now) is a workaround.  ;-)

1). Split the problematic file(s) into smaller pieces (tedious, error-
prone), or ...
2). Recompile with DJELF "-B/dev/env/DJDIR/elf -static" (older GCC
4.0.0 + BinUtils 2.16 but should be "good enough")

http://na.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/djgpp/djelf/