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Contents
ARM Compiler toolchain Using the Linker
Chapter 1 Conventions and feedback
Chapter 2 Overview of the linker
2.1 About the linker ............................................................................................................. 2-2
2.2 Linker command-line syntax ......................................................................................... 2-4
2.3 Linker command-line options listed in groups ............................................................... 2-5
2.4 What the linker can accept as input ............................................................................ 2-10
2.5 What the linker outputs ............................................................................................... 2-11
2.6 What the linker does when constructing an executable image ................................... 2-12
Chapter 3 Linking models supported by armlink
3.1 Overview of linking models ........................................................................................... 3-2
3.2 Bare-metal linking model .............................................................................................. 3-3
3.3 Partial linking model ...................................................................................................... 3-4
3.4 Base Platform Application Binary Interface (BPABI) linking model .............................. 3-5
3.5 Base Platform linking model ......................................................................................... 3-6
3.6 SysV linking model ....................................................................................................... 3-8
3.7 Concepts common to both BPABI and SysV linking models ........................................ 3-9
Chapter 4 Image structure and generation
4.1 The image structure ...................................................................................................... 4-3
4.2 Input sections, output sections, regions, and Program Segments ................................ 4-5
4.3 Load view and execution view of an image .................................................................. 4-6
4.4 Methods of specifying an image memory map with the linker ...................................... 4-8
4.5 Types of simple image ................................................................................................ 4-10
4.6 Type 1 image, one load region and contiguous execution regions ............................. 4-11
4.7 Type 2 image, one load region and non-contiguous execution regions ..................... 4-13
4.8 Type 3 image, two load regions and non-contiguous execution regions .................... 4-15
4.9 Image entry points ...................................................................................................... 4-17
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