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Re: The meaning of LMA and location counter in GNU ld
3.4.4 Assign alias names to memory regions
SECTIONS
{
.text :
{
*(.text)
} > REGION_TEXT
.rodata :
{
*(.rodata)
rodata_end = .;
} > REGION_RODATA
.data : AT (rodata_end)
{
data_start = .;
*(.data)
} > REGION_DATA
data_size = SIZEOF(.data);
data_load_start = LOADADDR(.data);
.bss :
{
*(.bss)
} > REGION_BSS
}
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I have copied part of the manual for ld.
In front of .data, there is an AT command: AT (rodata_end)
Is it necessary to write it? If I do not write it, any ways the load
address for .data section will be after .rodata regardless of
REGION_RODATA. Is that right?