ARM Compiler toolchain Using the Linker - ARM Information Center

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9.5 Recommendations for using ld scripts with armlink ...................................................... 9-7
9.6 Default GNU ld scripts used by armlink ........................................................................ 9-8
9.7 Example GNU ld script for linking an ARM Linux executable ..................................... 9-12
9.8 Example GNU ld script for linking an ARM Linux shared object ................................. 9-14
9.9 Example GNU ld script for linking ld --ldpartial object ................................................. 9-16
Chapter 10 BPABI and SysV shared libraries and executables
10.1 About the Base Platform Application Binary Interface (BPABI) .................................. 10-3
10.2 Platforms supported by the BPABI ............................................................................. 10-4
10.3 Concepts common to all BPABI models ..................................................................... 10-5
10.4 About importing and exporting symbols for BPABI models ........................................ 10-6
10.5 Symbol visibility for BPABI models ............................................................................. 10-7
10.6 Automatic import and export for BPABI models ......................................................... 10-9
10.7 Manual import and export for BPABI models ............................................................ 10-10
10.8 Symbol versioning for BPABI models ....................................................................... 10-11
10.9 RW compression for BPABI models ......................................................................... 10-12
10.10 Linker options for SysV models ................................................................................ 10-13
10.11 SysV memory model ................................................................................................. 10-14
10.12 Automatic dynamic symbol table rules in the SysV memory model ......................... 10-15
10.13 Addressing modes in the SysV memory model ........................................................ 10-17
10.14 Thread local storage in the SysV memory model ..................................................... 10-18
10.15 Related linker command-line options for the SysV memory model .......................... 10-19
10.16 Changes to command-line defaults with the SysV memory model ........................... 10-20
10.17 Linker options for bare metal and DLL-like models .................................................. 10-21
10.18 Bare metal and DLL-like memory model .................................................................. 10-22
10.19 Mandatory symbol versioning in the BPABI DLL-like model ..................................... 10-23
10.20 Automatic dynamic symbol table rules in the BPABI DLL-like model ....................... 10-24
10.21 Addressing modes in the BPABI DLL-like model ...................................................... 10-25
10.22 C++ initialization in the BPABI DLL-like model ......................................................... 10-26
10.23 About symbol versioning ........................................................................................... 10-27
10.24 Symbol versioning script file ..................................................................................... 10-28
10.25 Example of creating versioned symbols ................................................................... 10-29
10.26 About embedded symbols ........................................................................................ 10-30
10.27 Linker options for enabling implicit symbol versioning .............................................. 10-31
10.28 Related linker command-line options for the BPABI DLL-like model ........................ 10-32
Chapter 11 Features of the Base Platform linking model
11.1 Restrictions on the use of scatter files with the Base Platform model ........................ 11-2
11.2 Example scatter file for the Base Platform linking model ............................................ 11-5
11.3 Placement of PLT sequences with the Base Platform model ..................................... 11-7
Appendix A Revisions for Using the Linker
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