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Chapter 4
Image structure and generation
The following topics describe the image structure and the functionality available in the ARM
linker, armlink, to generate images:
Tasks
• Using command-line options to control the generation of C++ exception tables on page 4-31
• Controlling how the linker searches for the ARM standard libraries on page 4-36
• Specifying user libraries when linking on page 4-38.
Concepts
• The image structure on page 4-3
• Input sections, output sections, regions, and Program Segments on page 4-5
• Load view and execution view of an image on page 4-6
• Methods of specifying an image memory map with the linker on page 4-8
• Types of simple image on page 4-10
• Type 1 image, one load region and contiguous execution regions on page 4-11
• Type 2 image, one load region and non-contiguous execution regions on page 4-13
• Type 3 image, two load regions and non-contiguous execution regions on page 4-15
• Image entry points on page 4-17
• About specifying an initial entry point on page 4-18
• Section placement with the linker on page 4-19
• Placing sections with FIRST and LAST attributes on page 4-21
• Section alignment with the linker on page 4-22
• Demand paging on page 4-23
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