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Re: Re: Re: How to inform the linker not to produce any data for a.bsssection?

From: "Ivan Pulleyn" <ivan dot pulleyn at gmail dot com>
To: PRC <panruochen at gmail dot com>
Cc: "Daniel Jacobowitz" <drow at false dot org>, pkoning <pkoning at equallogic dot com>, binutils <binutils at sourceware dot org>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:34:21 -0800
Subject: Re: Re: Re: How to inform the linker not to produce any data for a.bsssection?
References: <20071209200658.GA26653@caradoc.them.org> <200712110919091773244@gmail.com> <20071211125855.GA25143@caradoc.them.org> <200712181818332958067@gmail.com>

On Dec 18, 2007 2:18 AM, PRC <panruochen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Jacobowitz
>
> Can you tell me how to modify the link script to prevent .bss taking up space in file?
> I didn't grap your meanings and have no idea what to do.

If you define something at the end of the BSS, the linker is forced to
create it. I believe that if you (a) make sure BSS is defined at the
end of your linker script and (b) make sure nothing is inside that
section (get rid of the mydata thing) then BSS will not take up any
space on disk.

Ivan...

References:
- Re: How to inform the linker not to produce any data for a .bss section?
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz
- Re: Re: How to inform the linker not to produce any data for a .bsssection?
  - From: PRC
- Re: Re: How to inform the linker not to produce any data for a .bsssection?
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz
- Re: Re: Re: How to inform the linker not to produce any data for a.bsssection?
  - From: PRC

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