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Old COFF (and AOUT) targets have unusual relocation addends.
* coffcode.h (<Reading relocations>): Describe COFF addends.
@@ -5092,6 +5092,14 @@ SUBSUBSECTION
structure, in a back end specific way. For instance, the 386
uses the @code{r_type} to directly produce an index
into a howto table vector.
+
+ o Note that @code{arelent.addend} for COFF is often not what
+ most people understand as a relocation addend, but rather an
+ adjustment to the relocation addend stored in section contents
+ of relocatable object files. The value found in section
+ contents may also be confusing, depending on both symbol value
+ and addend somewhat similar to the field value for a
+ final-linked object. See @code{CALC_ADDEND}.
*/
#ifndef CALC_ADDEND