// hash length is fixed at 64 bits until generic support is added
	const hashLen = 64
	byteVal := []byte(val)
	if len(byteVal) < hashLen/8 {
		// zero fill the left side of the slice
		zerofill := make([]byte, hashLen/8)
		byteVal = append(zerofill[:hashLen/8-len(byteVal)], byteVal...)
	}
	return byteVal[:hashLen/8]

	CMP	R3,R5,CR7
	ISEL	CR0LT,R4,R6,R9
	MOVD	R5,R6
	MOVD	R3,R5
	SETB_CR0(R3)
	BC	$12,30,LR	// beqlr cr7
	BR	cmpbody<>(SB)

#ifdef GOARCH_ppc64le
DATA byteswap<>+0(SB)/8, $0x0706050403020100
DATA byteswap<>+8(SB)/8, $0x0f0e0d0c0b0a0908
GLOBL byteswap<>+0(SB), RODATA, $16
#define SWAP V21
#endif

TEXT cmpbody<>(SB),NOSPLIT|NOFRAME,$0-0
start:
	CMP	R9,$16,CR0
	CMP	R9,$32,CR1
	CMP	R9,$64,CR2
	MOVD	$16,R10

		if s.PkgIdx != goobj.PkgIdxHashed {
			// We don't need the data for non-hashed symbols, yet.
			panic("not supported")
		}
		i := uint32(s.SymIdx + uint32(r.NSym()+r.NHashed64def()))
		return r.BytesAt(r.DataOff(i), r.DataSize(i))
	}

	ndef := uint32(r.NSym() + r.NHashed64def() + r.NHasheddef() + r.NNonpkgdef())
	for i := uint32(0); i < ndef; i++ {
		osym := r.Sym(i)
		addr := uint64(r.DataOff(i))