The table below contains the link-level details of two different procedures. In this exercise, you will be taking the place of the linker.

Given your understanding of the limitations of branch and jump instructions, why might an assembler have problems directly implementing branch and jump instructions an object file?

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a. Text Segment Data Segment Symbol Table Address Instruction 0 4 0 *** Relocation Address Info 0 4 Procedure A Address lbu $a0, 0($gp) jal 0 (X) *** Instruction Type lbu jal Symbol X B Dependency X B Text Segment Data Segment Procedure B Address Instruction Symbol Table 0 4 0 Relocation Address Info 0 4 Address sw $a1, 0($gp) jal 0 (Y) *** Instruction Type SW jal Symbol Y A Dependency Y A