Bradley D. LaRonde wrote: > Building with gcc 3.4.0 emits a couple new sections, .rodata.cst4 and > .rodata.str1.4, which the current ld.script doesn't contemplate. Here is a > patch to catch them (and maybe some other latent ones). > > Anyone know why or when these sections are emitted? I'd guess to keep differently aligned strings in separate sections, as a preliminary for improved string merging. > Regards, > Brad > > > diff -u -r1.1.1.1 ld.script.in > --- arch/mips/ld.script.in 10 Nov 2003 21:06:52 -0000 1.1.1.1 > +++ arch/mips/ld.script.in 13 Apr 2004 19:18:25 -0000 > @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ > *(.text) > *(.rodata) > *(.rodata1) > + *(.rodata.str1.1); > + *(.rodata.str1.4); > + *(.rodata.str1.32); > + *(.rodata.cst4); > + *(.rodata.cst8); Why not just *(.rodata*); ? Thiemo
