offseting DATA_ADDR

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:12:22AM -0700, Matt Thomas wrote:
> Why isn't DATA_ADDR/SHLIB_DATA_ADDR defined by default to start on a
> segment boundary?
> Why is it defined to start at about the same offset as where text
> ends by default?

It may waste *address* space, but it saves *disk* space.  Recent LD
has a threshold on how big a gap to allow; see COMMONPAGESIZE in the
manual.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery