Remy Bruno <remy.bruno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I would like to get my sections unchanged, and if some data > appears 10 times in 10 input object files, I want this data to appear 10 times > in the output in the corresponding sections at the right places. I looked for > switches doing this but didn't find them. Use the gcc option -fno-merge-constants when you compile. > I have to say that I found this sort of section modifications a little > surprising. In my particular case (admittedly not common, but I won't elaborate > on this now, this is not relevant), the program does not work as a result. But > I imagine that it could have consequences on more standard applications: for > example, I think this could change data alignment ; or remove elements in > sections used as an array of data, as this is done for example in the kernel > (cf section .initcall.init). I'm not an expert, that's just a guess. Those are reasonable guesses, but in fact neither of these cases will happen. Ian
