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Re: Why “relocation truncated to fit”?
* Joel Sherrill:
> When we see this linking RTEMS applications, it is just one if a
> handful of odd messages that equate to "the program doesn't fit in
> memory". Generally some section has too much in it.
>
> Details usually don't matter if it is a test. We mark it as a fail to
> link and continue. If it is a real application, then someone has work
> to do to find and trim some fat in their code. :)
>
> Is there any other response from a user?
The usual response (at least in the non-embedded space in which
distribution porters work in) is to use different relocations, e.g.,
when compiling with GCC, -fPIC instead of -pfic, or adding -mxgot in
case of MIPS.