Re: linker functionality

[Timothy Wall <twall at cygnus dot com>]

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:

> Timothy Wall <twall@cygnus.com> writes:
>
> > I'm planning to add a target-specific patch to the linker to (minimally)
> > emit a warning when relocations are found in read-only (lit shared)
> > sections (since they're not supported by the target).  Is there any
> > comparable functionality already existing that I should be aware of?
>
> You should be aware of the `-assert pure-text' option used on SunOS
> and the `-z text' option used on Solaris.  This would appear to have a
> similar meaning to what you describe, but are currently ignore by the
> GNU linker.  If they are indeed what you describe, then I suggest
> implementing them, rather than adding a new option.
>
> Ian

Well, considering that relocs in text cause an abort at runtime, this would
always be active for this particular target, and wouldn't be implemented as
an option.  Thanks for the input, though.

T.