[Linux Binutils] 2.11.90.0.27 fails to link eCos program

[Richard Shih-Ping Chan <cshihpin at dso dot org dot sg>]

Hello,

This is a linker failure for linux 2.11.90.0.25 and 2.11.90.0.27.
The following succeeds with binutils 2.11.2.

I am trying to build the eCos OS and test programs for
linux synthetic target (builds linux elf binaries). 
I am using

gcc 3.0.1
binutils 2.11.90.0.27
eCos - a fairly recent CVS

Here is the error message

gcc -g -nostdlib -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,-static -L/d2/home/cshihpin/build/ecos-linux/install/lib -Ttarget.ld -o
/d2/home/cshihpin/build/ecos-linux/install/tests/hal/common/current/tests/cache tests/cache.o
/usr/bin/ld: warning: no memory region specified for section `.rel.data.cyg_io_serial_devio'
/usr/bin/ld: warning: no memory region specified for section `.rel.data.tty_devio'
/usr/bin/ld: address 0x0 of /d2/home/cshihpin/build/ecos-linux/install/tests/hal/common/current/tests/cache section .fixup
is not within region rom
/usr/bin/ld: address 0x0 of /d2/home/cshihpin/build/ecos-linux/install/tests/hal/common/current/tests/cache section .gcc_except_table is not within region rom
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [/d2/home/cshihpin/build/ecos-linux/install/tests/hal/common/current/tests/cache] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/d2/home/cshihpin/build/ecos-linux/hal/common/current'
make: *** [tests] Error 2

Here's the eCos linker script
STARTUP(vectors.o)
ENTRY(_start)
INPUT(extras.o)
GROUP(libtarget.a libgcc.a)
MEMORY
{
    rom : ORIGIN = 0x1000000, LENGTH = 0x800000
    ram : ORIGIN = 0x2000000, LENGTH = 0x800000
}
SECTIONS
{
    .vectors 0x1000000 : { . = .; KEEP(*(.vectors)) } > rom
    .text ALIGN (0x4) : { _stext = .; *(.text*) *(.gnu.warning) *(.gnu.linkonce*) *(.init) } > rom _etext = .; PROVIDE (etext = .);
    .fini ALIGN (0x4) : { . = .; *(.fini) } > rom
    .rodata1 ALIGN (0x8) : { . = .; *(.rodata1) } > rom
    .rodata ALIGN (0x8) : { . = .; *(.rodata*) } > rom
    .fixup ALIGN (0x4) : { _FIXUP_START_ = ABSOLUTE(.); *(.fixup) _FIXUP_END_ = ABSOLUTE(.);} > rom
    .rel.got ALIGN (0x1) : { *(.rel.got) } > rom
    .gcc_except_table ALIGN (0x1) : { _EXCEPT_START_ = ABSOLUTE(.); *(.gcc_except_table) _EXCEPT_END_ = ABSOLUTE(.);} > rom
    .data 0x2000000 : { __ram_data_start = ABSOLUTE(.); *(.data*) _GOT1_START_ = ABSOLUTE(.); *(.got1) _GOT1_END_ = ABSOLUTE(.); . = ALIGN(8); __CTOR_LIST__ = ABSOLUTE(.); KEEP(*(SORT(.ctors*))) __CTOR_END__ = ABSOLUTE(.); __DTOR_LIST__ = ABSOLUTE(.); KEEP(*(SORT(.dtors*))) __DTOR_END__ = ABSOLUTE(.); . = ALIGN(32); KEEP(*( SORT (.ecos.table.*))); _GOT2_START_ = ABSOLUTE(.); *(.got2) _GOT2_END_ = ABSOLUTE(.); _GOT_START_ = ABSOLUTE(.); _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ = ABSOLUTE(. + 32768); _SDA_BASE_ = ABSOLUTE(.); *(.got.plt) *(.got) _GOT_END_ = ABSOLUTE(.); *(.dynamic) *(.eh_frame) _SDATA_START_ = ABSOLUTE(.); *(.sdata*) } > ram __rom_data_start = LOADADDR(.data); __ram_data_end = .; PROVIDE(__ram_data_end = .); _edata = .; PROVIDE (edata = .);
    .sbss ALIGN (0x4) : { __bss_start = ABSOLUTE (.); _SBSS_START_ = ABSOLUTE(.); *(.sbss*) _SBSS_END_ = ABSOLUTE(.); *(.scommon*) } > ram
    .bss ALIGN (0x10) : { . = .; *(.dynbss*) *(.bss*) *(COMMON) } > ram __bss_end = .;
    __heap1 = ALIGN (0x10);
    . = ALIGN(4); _end = .; PROVIDE (end = .);
}

Here's readelf -S on the offending object file

There are 14 section headers, starting at offset 0x2d1c:

Section Headers:
  [Nr] Name              Type            Addr     Off    Size   ES Flg Lk Inf Al
  [ 0]                   NULL            00000000 000000 000000 00      0   0  0
  [ 1] .text             PROGBITS        00000000 000034 000000 00  AX  0   0  4
  [ 2] .data             PROGBITS        00000000 000034 000000 00  WA  0   0  4
  [ 3] .bss              NOBITS          00000000 000034 000000 00  WA  0   0  4
  [ 4] .stab             PROGBITS        00000000 000034 000924 0c      6   0  4
  [ 5] .rel.stab         REL             00000000 00306c 000020 08     12   4  4
  [ 6] .stabstr          STRTAB          00000000 000958 00229b 00      0   0  1
  [ 7] .rodata           PROGBITS        00000000 002c00 000060 00   A  0   0 32
  [ 8] .text.cyg_start   PROGBITS        00000000 002c60 000030 00  AX  0   0 16
  [ 9] .rel.text.cyg_sta REL             00000000 00308c 000028 08     12   8  4
  [10] .comment          PROGBITS        00000000 002c90 000012 00      0   0  1
  [11] .shstrtab         STRTAB          00000000 002ca2 00007a 00      0   0  1
  [12] .symtab           SYMTAB          00000000 002f4c 0000e0 10     13   a  4
  [13] .strtab           STRTAB          00000000 00302c 00003f 00      0   0  1
Key to Flags:
  W (write), A (alloc), X (execute), M (merge), S (strings)
  I (info), L (link order), G (group), x (unknown)
  O (extra OS processing required) o (OS specific), p (processor specific)