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Re: Optimised output from ld
Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> writes:
> Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com> writes:
>
> > On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 01:58:06AM -0700, Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> > > --gc-sections is not supported in conjunction with -r. I'm not sure
> > > why, myself.
> >
> > (1) There is no entry point to begin keeping sections.
> > (2) It is not known what symbols the runtime will refer to.
>
> I suppose it would be possible to require explicit -U options when
> using --gc-sections with -r, and use that set of symbols as the root.
> That might be useful for embedded systems which work with relocateable
> object files. If anybody cares enough to implement it.
Sorry, of course I mean -u (--undefined) options.
Ian