"Tarun" <tarun@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > But then if SHN_ABS is updated for the section name in the symbol table. > And the st_value has that absolute address, should the linker not map > the section to absolute address. SHN_ABS is a characteristic of a symbol, not a section. The linker will not relocate a symbol in the (imaginary) SHN_ABS section. There is no way to specify that a section has an absolute address; that would require an SHF_ flag. Ian
