[Bug binutils/31096] nm for mips32 (native or cross-compiled) shows 32bit addresses as sign-extended 64bit addresses

[nickc at redhat dot com]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31096

Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |ASSIGNED
           Assignee|unassigned at sourceware dot org   |nickc at redhat dot com
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   Last reconfirmed|                            |2023-12-04

--- Comment #3 from Nick Clifton <nickc at redhat dot com> ---
(In reply to Nicolas Schier from comment #2)

> thanks for the insights and explanations, I am still a bit bewildered of 
> "signed address space" and its implications.

Agreed.  I have always felt that it was a strange choice by the MIPS designers.


> Am I still missing some point?  Is it really intended that `nm` shows 64-bit
> addresses for mips32 targets?

No - you are right, this is a bug.

> If not, I plan to forward the patch to binutils@sourceware.org.

Please do.

Cheers
  Nick

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