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@xxxxxxxxx> 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 >
