Hi, On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Heyu Zhu <zhu.heyu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > File boot.c is like below: > > int val[] __attribute__ ((section(".text"))) = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6}; > int getval(int i) { > return val[i]; > } > > Then i compile it use gcc-4.2.4 and binutils2.20 > > arm-elf-gcc boot.c -c -o boot.o > > It gives a warning: > > /tmp/ccIlHjum.s: Assembler message: > /tmp/ccIlHjum.s:4: Warning: ignoring changed section attributes for .text > > What's wrong? What should i do to remove the warning? > AFAIR, "__attribute__ ((section(".text")))" will make gcc emits `,"aw",@progbits' after the '.text' to alter the section attributes. If you use: "__attribute__ ((section(".text#")))" (notice the extra '#') this suffix will be commented in the assembly and the warning will disappear. - Arnaud