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Re: ld includes entire archive (.a) when compiling .elf file
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Josh Keller <jkeller at keytechinc dot com>
- Cc: binutils at sourceware dot org, Reuben Johnston <rjohnston at keytechinc dot com>
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:29:25 -0500
- Subject: Re: ld includes entire archive (.a) when compiling .elf file
- References: <E736F3E26DE59146A2343541510255B56D229D@mercury.keytechinc.com>
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 04:57:26PM -0500, Josh Keller wrote:
> I can't figure out what to do. I have tried the --gc-sections option
> and the --no-whole-archive option but I still get a really large
> executable. I created my archive from .o files using
> arm-elf-ar -rcv libucos_ii.a $(OBJS).
>
> I can't seem to figure out a good solution. Any ideas? I'd rather not
> create an archive file for each .o file (which sort of defeats the
> purpose of having a .a file) Thanks for the help!
Please try using the -Map option to ld (-Wl,-Map,filename if you're
using GCC). That will tell you why each file is pulled in.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery