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The absolute-literals and no-absolute-literals
directives control the absolute vs. PC-relative mode for L32R
instructions. These are relevant only for Xtensa configurations that
include the absolute addressing option for L32R instructions.
.begin [no-]absolute-literals
.end [no-]absolute-literals
These directives do not change the L32R mode—they only cause
the assembler to emit the appropriate kind of relocation for L32R
instructions and to place the literal values in the appropriate section.
To change the L32R mode, the program must write the
LITBASE special register. It is the programmer’s responsibility
to keep track of the mode and indicate to the assembler which mode is
used in each region of code.
If the Xtensa configuration includes the absolute L32R addressing
option, the default is to assume absolute L32R addressing unless
the ‘--no-absolute-literals’ command-line option is specified.
Otherwise, the default is to assume PC-relative L32R addressing.
The absolute-literals directive can then be used to override
the default determined by the command-line options.