The code in reloc_offset is actually subtracting the address in the link
register from the address calculated by the linker. Perhaps the
extended mnemonic `sub' replaced an original `subf' and the comment just
did not get updated.
bl 1f
1: mflr r3
LOADADDR(r4,1b)
sub r3,r4,r3
Signed-off-by: Amos Waterland <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
---
===== arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S 1.98 vs edited =====
--- 1.98/arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S 2005-01-14 14:56:04 -05:00
+++ edited/arch/ppc64/kernel/misc.S 2005-03-22 21:35:48 -05:00
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.text
/*
- * Returns (address we're running at) - (address we were linked at)
+ * Returns (address we were linked at) - (address we are running at)
* for use before the text and data are mapped to KERNELBASE.
*/
-
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