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Re: PPC linker fatal signal
> Cc: binutils@sourceware.cygnus.com
> From: Momchil Velikov <velco@fadata.bg>
> Date: 19 Feb 2001 01:34:50 +0200
> Geoff> * elf32-ppc.c (ppc_elf_howto_raw): Correct various comments.
> Geoff> (ppc_elf_create_linker_section): These sections are not
> Geoff> created by the linker (that is, they are created by the user
> Geoff> putting data in them). In particular, they can be the source
> Geoff> and target of relocations.
> Geoff> ...
>
> Geoff> I think this still holds; if you have a linker-created section it
> Geoff> won't work properly if the user puts data in it that needs relocation.
>
> I think the sections created in `ppc_elf_create_linker_section' don't
> need relocation, they are filled in with already relocated values.
I'm thinking of something like
.section ".sdata"
.word foo
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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>