From: NoEmailAds AT execpc DOT com (Christopher Giese)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: -fPIC with DJGPP
Date: Sun, 01 Nov 1998 03:22:23 GMT
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I am using DJGPP to experiment with position-independent code. This is
for a toy operating system that I'm writing. The position-independent
code runs before address translation (paging) is set up and running.

After compiling with the -fPIC option, the link fails:

    ld -o start.cof -Tlink.scr starta.o startc.o
    startc.o: In function `main':
    startc.c:32: undefined reference to `GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_'
    make.exe: *** [start.cof] Error 1

I did some tinkering with the ELF file format a while ago. Is
GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE strictly an ELF thingy?

Can I make -fPIC work with COFF format?

What is the format of GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE for COFF?

Regards,
Chris Giese

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