linker functionality

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Timothy Wall <twall@cygnus.com> writes:

> I'm planning to add a target-specific patch to the linker to (minimally)
> emit a warning when relocations are found in read-only (lit shared)
> sections (since they're not supported by the target).  Is there any
> comparable functionality already existing that I should be aware of?

You should be aware of the `-assert pure-text' option used on SunOS
and the `-z text' option used on Solaris.  This would appear to have a
similar meaning to what you describe, but are currently ignore by the
GNU linker.  If they are indeed what you describe, then I suggest
implementing them, rather than adding a new option.

Ian