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Real-life optimization work

Posted Nov 3, 2005 19:55 UTC (Thu) by mcm (guest, #31917)
In reply to: Real-life optimization work by nix
Parent article: All hail the speed demons (O'Reillynet)

i guess the relocations could be compressed, as they can probably be represented as 32-bit offsets to a 64-bit base.

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Posted Nov 4, 2005 13:22 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Indeed they could be compressed, but I think you might need a new relocation type for 64+32 base+offset... (I'm not sure and don't have the specs here).