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Re: Possible bug in ld with NOLOAD sections.
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:26:55AM +0100, Simon Richter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 09:40:14AM +1100, Tony Breeds wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to include a section in an ELF executable but NOT have that section
> > covered by the PT_LOAD.
>
> Are you trying to do an overlay? If so, you probably want the OVERLAY
> attribute instead of NOLOAD:
Well that ceratinly seems to do what I wanted.
For my education, in this context what is an overlay?
Thanks.
Yours Tony