Re: mn10300 linker script update

[Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>]

Duane Ellis wrote:
> >> Arguably at least some of these scripts could be integrated into 
> ld's scheme for building scripts
> >> from the basic ELF templates since they usually just vary in a few 
> addresses and the GROUP
> >> statements.  But I'm not sure I want to try and tackle that yet.
>
> Yes, I know this is more of an "ld" comment - but... anyway...
>
> I sure would like to know about "ld's scheme for building scripts" - 
> where can I find that type of info.
>
> I've never found it in any of the LD docs, info or man pages.
It's part of the build process for ld itself -- it has the ability to 
parameterize standard linker scripts to deal with a small number of 
common target differences.

The standard elf script is ld/scripttempl/elf.sc and it has a number of 
parameters that can be set to build scripts which are customized for the 
target.  And example of customization is ld/emulpararms/mn10300.sh.

When building the linker from source it will build a set of standard 
linker scripts using the template and parameter files suitable for the 
target system.

Now having said that, I don't think it's likely to resolve any of the 
issues you're raising as they require defining new output memory regions 
and more importantly what input sections should be placed in those 
regions.    Typically what I would recommend would be to take the 
standard linker script for your target and add the output sections 
specific for your part to that linker script.

Jeff