MIPS/GAS: Don't convert RELA JALR relocations on R6

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / bfd / elf32-mips.c

diff --git a/bfd/elf32-mips.c b/bfd/elf32-mips.c
index 752f386faf23637e4d0160f32a4d147b8a85c6bd..5654fb664e9862bc6224e0e424e72e6e33f7618a 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/elf32-mips.c
+++ b/bfd/elf32-mips.c
@@ -1548,9 +1548,9 @@ static reloc_howto_type elf_mips_gnu_rel16_s2 =
         TRUE);                 /* pcrel_offset */
 
 /* 32 bit pc-relative.  This was a GNU extension used by embedded-PIC.
-   It was co-opted by mips-linux for exception-handling data.  It is no
-   longer used, but should continue to be supported by the linker for
-   backward compatibility.  (GCC stopped using it in May, 2004.)  */
+   It was co-opted by mips-linux for exception-handling data.  GCC stopped
+   using it in May, 2004, then started using it again for compact unwind
+   tables.  */
 static reloc_howto_type elf_mips_gnu_pcrel32 =
   HOWTO (R_MIPS_PC32,          /* type */
         0,                     /* rightshift */