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<h3 class="section">4.7 <code>ld</code> and the MIPS family</h3>

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<p>The &lsquo;<samp>--insn32</samp>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<samp>--no-insn32</samp>&rsquo; options control the choice of
microMIPS instructions used in code generated by the linker, such as that
in the PLT or lazy binding stubs, or in relaxation.  If &lsquo;<samp>--insn32</samp>&rsquo; is
used, then the linker only uses 32-bit instruction encodings.  By default
or if &lsquo;<samp>--no-insn32</samp>&rsquo; is used, all instruction encodings are used,
including 16-bit ones where possible.
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