Linking images at one address, but loading them at another.

[Richard Earnshaw]

> Hi Richard,
> 
> > However, this image contains symbols, if I try to strip the image
> > (eg to  remove debug data):
> > 
> > arm-elf-strip -g -o os os.gdb 
> > BFD: netbsd: warning: allocated section `.text' not in segment
> 
> Not sure about this one.  It sounds like a bug in strip.  Can you
> create a small example for us to test ?

Attached below.  Should work with pretty much any ELF toolchain.  Note, 
however, that the example is not executable.

Compile with

gcc -g t.c

link with 

ld -T ldscript.sample -o t.gdb t.o

strip with

strip -g -o t t.gdb

> 
> > Is there some other way of setting the load address of a segment 
> > symbolically?
> 
> This sounds like a job for memory regions.  For example this script:

OK, I'll give this a go.  Thanks for the tip.

Richard