Memory-hole in MIPS ELF file

[Uma shankar]

Hi,

gcc   4.3.3.
binutils    2.19.51
for Linux/MIPS

In executable  ELF file,  I can see a memory-hole between  normal rel
entries and PLT rel entries.

    [ 8] .rel.dyn          REL             007974cc   3974cc   0000b0
08   A  4   0  4
    [ 9] .rel.plt            REL             00798394   398394
0011f0  08   A  4  11  4

Can someone tell me  why this hole exists ?

                thanks
                    uma shankar

[Uma shankar]

I believe the reason is given at :

http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2006-10/msg00186.html

The way I also came across the problem was that prelink was failing.
But in my case , the  prelink check
that was failing was  one where  it is confirmed that  PLT REL
entries are placed either immediately before or after  normal REL
entries .

ps -  why does  gmail mess up the formatting  of  the posts ?