[ECOS] Difference between object file and archive

[Andrew Lunn]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 09:23:43AM +0200, Meulendijks, J. wrote:

> OK. That's clear but for example I have a section reset and I use this section
> in the linkerscript like:
> .reset : { *(.reset) }
 
> So then I using it (I thought) but when I look in the .map file it's
> not there!  Why??

Do you referecnce anything inside the section? My guess is that you
don't so the linker has thrown away the whole section. Its not used ==
its not needed.

        Andrew

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