relocations with addenda

[Stuart Clarke <stuart_clarke at beeline dot ag>]

Hi all,

I am attempting to compile a simple program on my i386 machine for an ARM 
target.  In doing this, GCC produces a relocation section in its output file 
(.rel.text).  ld then produces a .rel.text segment in its output when run with 
the --emit-relocs option.  This relocation section is of the no-addenda 
variety and is incompatible with the system on which I am attempting to run 
my program.  Said system requires a .rela.text section for its relocations 
(i.e. one with addenda values).

ld doesn't seem to have a run-time option for converting the .rel.text 
sections of its input to .rela.text sections in its output.  Is there any way 
to enable such a conversion?  Can one adjust or patch the source code to 
accomplish this?

Thanks,

Stuart

p.s. I'm using the following ld version:

GNU ld version 2.11.2 (with BFD 2.11.2)

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