PPC linker fatal signal

[Momchil Velikov]

Geoff Keating wrote:
> 
> > Cc: binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com
> > From: Momchil Velikov <velco@fadata.bg>
> > Date: 19 Feb 2001 01:34:50 +0200
> 
> > Geoff>        * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_howto_raw): Correct various comments.
> > Geoff>        (ppc_elf_create_linker_section): These sections are not
> > Geoff>        created by the linker (that is, they are created by the user
> > Geoff>        putting data in them). In particular, they can be the source
> > Geoff>        and target of relocations.
> > Geoff> ...
> >
> > Geoff> I think this still holds; if you have a linker-created section it
> > Geoff> won't work properly if the user puts data in it that needs relocation.
> >
> > I think the sections created in `ppc_elf_create_linker_section' don't
> > need relocation, they are filled in with already relocated values.
> 
> I'm thinking of something like
> 
>         .section ".sdata"
>         .word foo
But `ppc_elf_create_linker_section' creates a distinct input section,
which
doesn't affect other input sections, thus they would be properly
relocated
anyway.

Regards,
-velco