Unresolved symbols when linking i960 programs

[Bill Marcotte <bill at pentek dot com>]

   I am seeing strange behavior when linking i960 programs in elf32 format 
which reference symbols defined in the linker command file.  I have a 
program which references bss_start, etext, bdata, edata.  When I try to link 
it, the linker gives me an undefined symbol error for one or more of them.  
If I change the order in which they are referenced in the code, it might now 
find the previously undefined symbol, but be able to resolve another one.

   If I compile or assmeble the program with the coff version of the compile  
and link it with the elf32 loader, all symbols are resolved.

   I believe there is something wrong in ld when linking prgrams in elf32 
format which reference symbols defined in the linker command file.  

   I am using gcc-2.95.2 with binutils-2.10  on both Windows NT and Solaris.

   Does anybody have any ideas where the problem might be?  Any help would 
be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Bill