scatter linking

[Arthur Wong]

Ian,
Thanks.  I will check the references that you indicate,
especially the GNU linker manual.

Art

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

> arwong <arwong@cisco.com> writes:
>
> > I would like to know if the linker for the gcc compiler supports scatter
> > linking,
> > ie, support for multiple text and data sections.  If it does, can you provide
> > information on how to accomplish this for a mips processor ?
> > The "Options that control linking" section of the online GCC manual does
> > not touch on this subject.
>
> The gcc project does not supply a linker.  The GNU binutils projects
> does.  For information about the GNU binutils, including the
> appropriate mailing lists, see http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/.
>
> I'm not sure precisely what you mean by scatter linking, but the GNU
> linker does support multiple text and data sections, and offers
> various ways to control their placement via linker scripts.  See the
> GNU linker manual.
>
> You may also be interested in the gcc options -ffunction-sections and
> -fdata-sections.
>
> Ian
>