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From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject: Re: /DISCARD/ in linker script
Date: 14 May 2002 11:49:47 GMT
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Martin Stromberg <eplmst AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se> wrote:

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> : > /DISCARD/ SIZEOF(.data) + ADDR(.data) : {

> : > ld says "Illegal use of `/DISCARD/' section"

> Yes. And why doesn't my example work?

Let me venture a guess: because it's pointless, and may well be
disallowed to assign a target address (like "at the end of .data", as
used in your example) to a segment that will be thrown away.  E.g. I'd
expect this to start working once you get rid of that address
argument.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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