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Re: A question about setting location counter to a new value in output section

From: Hao Lee <haolee dot swjtu at gmail dot com>
To: Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com>
Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 21:42:38 +0800
Subject: Re: A question about setting location counter to a new value in output section
References: <CA+PpKPkk_uyMAynks082jmxMyGHSt0nBVR+ucMNgR6K8mzyxfQ@mail.gmail.com> <20180404125652.GO3812@bubble.grove.modra.org>

> Symbol values in an ELF executable or shared object are virtual
> addresses, not section offsets.

It seems that the LD documentation treats the term "address" as the
synonym of "the offset from the start of current section".

References:
- A question about setting location counter to a new value in output section
  - From: Hao Lee
- Re: A question about setting location counter to a new value in output section
  - From: Alan Modra

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