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Re: SDAREL output sections
>>>>> "Geoff" == Geoff Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org> writes:
>> Cc: binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com
>> From: Momchil Velikov <velco@fadata.bg>
>> Date: 18 Feb 2001 23:50:47 +0200
>> Hmm, sorry, obviously I didn't get it after comments that perfectly
>> working programs are rejected by the linker for the sake of catching
>> gcc errors.
Geoff> Perhaps the following analogy might help: lots of perfectly clear
Geoff> programs are rejected by the compiler for the sake of catching
Geoff> programmer errors.
:-)
Geoff> (It's not just gcc errors. GCC doesn't trip this test if used
Geoff> properly. The problem is that occasionally people forget to use it
Geoff> properly.)
Well, then, how about changing the checks to test the input section
instead of the output one and letting the linker report relocation
overflows if the input section is inappropriately output ?
Regards,
-velco