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Re: Grouping in linker sections
obair <nabble@rehill.info> writes:
> Alan Modra wrote:
>>
>> Link in two stages. First one is ld -r to pick out the objects you
>> need. Second one uses a linker script to place the ld -r output
>> where you want it.
>>
>> --
>> Alan Modra
>> Australia Development Lab, IBM
>>
>>
>
> Thanks for the response.
> I think the problem with two-stage linking is that the objects that are
> required to be linked in the first stage are not self contained; they call
> functions in the second-stage objects (those whose location does not
> matter). The paths to these "outside" calls are not followed during the
> critical time before the re-read occurs, however.
I don't understand the objection. ld -r permits unresolved
relocations, so the fact that the first-stage objects are not
self-contained does not seem relevant.
Ian