.init .text .fini

H. J. Lu hjl@lucon.org
Thu May 5 05:07:00 GMT 2005


On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 09:33:35PM -0700, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Why do the symbols _init and _fini sit in their own segments .init and
> .fini rather than in .text? I'm trying to generate a binary suitable
> for a flash image in an embedded system where the start symbol is at
> the first address, but with the default linker script -- armelf.xc in
> my case -- _init from .init is being placed before _mainCRTStartup
> from .text.
> 
> Could the default order in ld/scripttempl/elf.sc be changed to .text
> .init .fini rather than the current .init .text .fini, or would this
> break something? Even better, could _init and _fini be placed in
> .text?

Why not use .init_array/.fini_array? It is much nicer than
.init/.fini.


H.J.



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