binutils 2.18 release linker script

[Jari Kuusisto <jari dot h dot kuusisto at gmail dot com>]

Hello all,

I'm having troubles setting correct memory addresses for .sbss and .bss 
data sections in my linker script. I'm trying to set the following:

   .sbss :
   {
       . = ALIGN(4);
       *(.sbss) /* small uninitialized data */
       . = ALIGN(4);
       *(.scommon) /* small common */
   } > external_ram AT > external_ram

   .bss :
   {
       . = ALIGN(4);
       *(.bss) /* large uninitialized data */
       . = ALIGN(4);
       *(COMMON) /* large common */
   } > external_ram AT > external_ram

The external_ram is specified in MEMORY to address 0x400000:
external_ram : org = 0x400000, len = 0x400000

However when linking, the memory addresses (VMA and LMA) seem to be wrong:
/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-eabi/4.3.2/../../../../powerpc-eabi/bin/ld: 
section .sbss [00023f80 -> 000243bf] overlaps section .ramcode [00023f7d 
-> 0005d674]
/usr/local/lib/gcc/powerpc-eabi/4.3.2/../../../../powerpc-eabi/bin/ld: 
section .reloc_exceptions [0005d675 -> 0005d774] overlaps section .bss 
[000243c0 -> 0008a11e]

It seems that linker is still trying to put the .bss and .sbss data 
sections to rom despite the linker script output section attributes.

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

BR. Jari K.