linker script ASSERT

[Nathan Sidwell]

Nick Clifton wrote:

> Have you tested this patch ?  If so how ?
current binutils, arm-unknown-exp

> Please could you also create a linker testsuite file to check the new
> functionality so that we can make sure that this feature does not get
> forgotten in the future.
Here's such a test, I have verified that if one turns the assert into
   dummy = ASSERT (...);
it'll parse, but give
   ld: SIZEOF forward reference of section .empty
with an unpatched linker.

ok?

nathan
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