Re: VAX addressing modes

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

Ok, here are excerpts from the asm output of gcc:

.L7814:
        casel %r0,$0,$7
.L3234:
        .word .L3233-.L3234
        .word .L3232-.L3234
        .word .L3235-.L3234
        .word .L3236-.L3234
        .word .L3237-.L3234
        .word .L3238-.L3234
        .word .L3239-.L3234
        .word .L3240-.L3234
.L7810:
        movl 116(%r9),%r0
        jeql .L3169
...


so this matches your description and makes sense. All .word were of the
.L... - .L... form, nothing refers to absolute addresses or external
symbols.

Now back to the original question: the .word are 32bit offsets relative
to the casel instructions?

If so, I'd call this a binutils bug. No relocations should ever be generated.

Martin