GP_OVERFLOW(5)GP_OVERFLOW(5)


NAME
     gp_overflow - Global Pointer (GP) overflow errors

DESCRIPTION
     GOT overflow has occured if you receive messages from the linker
     saying GP-relative sections overflow by 0x??? bytes, GOT overflow, or
     GOT unreachable.

     In releases prior to MIPS 7.3, this man page, gp_overflow(5),
     described the underlying causes of and possible solutions for overflow
     in the GP-relative area in the linker.  Changes made to the linker for
     the MIPS 7.3 release should make overflow errors occur much less
     frequently.

     Most of the information that had been included on this man page has
     been rendered irrelevant by MIPS 7.3 software changes.  For unusual
     and extreme cases in which overflow occurs, see the dso(5) man page.
     Specifically, overflow is addressed in question 28, What should I do
     about Global Offset Table (GOT) overflow?.

     This man page will be removed in a future MIPS release.

SEE ALSO
     CC(1), cc(1), f77(1), f90(1), ld(1)

     dso(5)

     MIPSpro N32 ABI Handbook