[Bug 1001142] User defined linker sections.

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--- Comment #7 from Sergei Gavrikov <sergei.gavrikov@gmail.com> 2011-02-14 08:35:57 GMT ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> The macro is intended to be completely generic, suitable to any variant. We
> know that other Cortex-M variants include peripheral memory which could be
> used via such a macro. Placing this definition in cortex.ld seems like the
> right approach to me. I could envisage a similar definition being added to
> *.ld for other architectures in the future.
> 
> The *.ldi files were once generated by a memory layout tool and it seems best
> to avoid adding arbitrary code to these files so the possibility of
> re-introducing such a tool is preserved.

> I do agree that the name "SECTION_user()" could lead to some confusion with
> the existing SECTION_*() macros which have a different number of parameters.
> I would be happy to use a macro name such as "USER_SECTION()" instead.

John, then I "found" such a name too :-), and I like this name and now
I would argee with your points about macro placement (cortexm.ld).

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