partial linking and linker scripts

[Eddie Kohler <kohler at cs dot ucla dot edu>]

Hello all,

Apologies if this question is too elementary.  I have object files with 
.text.* sections for C++ inline functions and such.  I'd like to do an partial 
link to shift those sections into .text and remove the accompanying .group 
sections.  Is this possible?  Scripts like the following do not seem to work; 
the main .text section stays the same size and the .text.* sections remain.

ld -r -T foo.ld -o .... .....

foo.ld
=========
OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-i386", "elf32-i386", "elf32-i386")
OUTPUT_ARCH(i386)
SECTIONS
{
	.text 0 : {
		*(.text .stub .text.* .gnu.linkonce.t.*)
	} =0x90909090
	.rodata 0 : {
		*(.rodata .rodata.* .gnu.linkonce.r.*)
	}
	.data 0 : {
		*(.data)
	}
	.bss 0 : {
		*(.bss)
	}
	/DISCARD/ : {
		*(.eh_frame .group)
	}
}



Thanks for any help,
Eddie Kohler