h8300-elf/rtems bug in linker scripts

[Joel Sherrill]

Hi,

binutils 2.17 targeting h8300-rtems4.7 (h8300-elf).

Error when linking application:

h8300-rtems4.7-gcc -B../../../../../h8sim/lib/ -specs bsp_specs -qrtems 
-mh -mint32 -O0       -o hello.exe init.o 
../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-dpmem.rel 
../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-event.rel 
../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-msg.rel ../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-mp.rel 
../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-part.rel 
../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-signal.rel 
../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-timer.rel ../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-rtmon.rel
../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-event.rel: In function `_tinydata':
(.tinydata+0x0): multiple definition of `_tinydata'
../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-dpmem.rel:(.tinydata+0x0): first defined here
../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-msg.rel: In function `_tinydata':
(.tinydata+0x0): multiple definition of `_tinydata'
../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-dpmem.rel:(.tinydata+0x0): first defined here
../../../../../h8sim/lib/no-mp.rel: In function `_tinydata':
(.tinydata+0x0): multiple definition of `_tinydata'


Every .rel is the output of an "h8300-rtems4.7-ld -r" and
somehow is introducing the symbol _tinydata into the
relocatable. 

I edited the installed h8300helf.xr which was the one used in this
case and commented out "_tinydata = .;", rebuilt and the link issue
went away.

It looks to me like a ldscript used to produce a relocatable file
should not introduce symbols in this manner.  Is this correct?

What's the right way to fix this?  I am unsure of what to edit
in the original source to get rid of these symbols in relocatables.

Do they even need to be in executables?

Thanks.

--joel sherrill