arm-elf-nm --print-size fails on static variables

Shaun Jackman sjackman@gmail.com
Thu Nov 3 21:16:00 GMT 2005


When an object file is compiled by arm-elf-gcc 4.0.2, nm -S 2.16.*
isn't printing the size of static variables. I'd very much appreciate
a fix or workaround, if one is out there.

Thanks,
Shaun

$ cat foo.c
int foo;
static int static_foo;
$ arm-elf-gcc -c foo.c
$ arm-elf-nm -S foo.o
00000004 00000004 C foo
00000000 b static_foo
$ nm -S foo.o
00000004 00000004 C foo
00000000 b static_foo
$ gcc -c foo.c
$ nm -S foo.o
00000004 00000004 C foo
00000000 00000004 b static_foo
$ arm-elf-gcc --version | head -1
arm-elf-gcc (GCC) 4.0.2
$ arm-elf-nm --version | head -1
GNU nm 2.16.91 20051103
$ gcc --version | head -1
gcc (GCC) 4.0.2 (Debian 4.0.2-2)
$ nm --version | head -1
GNU nm 2.16.1-multiarch Debian GNU/Linux



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