ELF Linker script quick question

[Neo]

Did you test it out on Linux/CYGWIN? I will be trying this out on Linux but need to reboot to do that

No one else who tried this?

[Colonel Kernel]

Did you test it out on Linux/CYGWIN?

I tested it on Cygwin. I have a VM with Mandrake 9.2 on it, but I don't remember if I tested with that or not. It has exactly the same verions of binutils and gcc as my Cygwin installation does.

[bkilgore]

I remember this happening to me a few months back (the non-constant load base error), and although it's starting to fade a little I'm pretty sure the problem had something to do with missing sections.

In my case, I think my final object file had a .rodata section but I wasn't telling the linker where to put it in the script. Check to see if you have any sections in your object file(s) that are being linked that might not have a home in your linker script.

[Neo]

Anyone know where I can get version 2.17 of binutils from? Need to check this out further.

[bkilgore]

Anyone know where I can get version 2.17 of binutils from? Need to check this out further.

You probably want to get a cvs snapshot since there hasn't been an official stable release. Of course, some people have created releases from the snapshots for various systems, byt cvs is probably your best option

[mystran]

Actually, try adding *(COMMON) to .bss. Also, for one reason or other, I'm using *(.rodata*) with the extra star in my script.

[Colonel Kernel]

Also, for one reason or other, I'm using *(.rodata*) with the extra star in my script.

I had to add one to HigherHalfBareBones (and my own kernel) when I started compiling with optimizations enabled. The compiler added new sections called .rodata.something (I forget what the something was). I think it contained string constants, but I don't remember exactly...

[Neo]

Actually, try adding *(COMMON) to .bss. Also, for one reason or other, I'm using *(.rodata*) with the extra star in my script.

The *(.rodata*) and *(COMMON) are both there in my script.

[mystran]

Ahm, ok, sorry, must have looked at the other script posted to this thread.