ld location counter going backward?

[Andreas Schwab]

On Mär 24 2026, Luke T. Shumaker wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Mar 2026 03:13:23 -0600,
> Andreas Schwab wrote:
>> 
>> On Mär 24 2026, Luke T. Shumaker wrote:
>> 
>> >     ...
>> >     } > RAM
>> >     __binary_info_end = .;
>> >
>> >     . = ALIGN((1<<LOG2CEIL(.-__logical_binary_start))/8);
>> >     .data  : {
>> >         __data_start__ = .;
>> >     ...
>> 
>> Do you have a region assignment for the .data section?
>
> Yes, .data is `> RAM` as well.

That probably explains it:

"If no address was specified for the
output section, the linker will set the address to the next available
address within the memory region."

The dot is not associated with the memory region.

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