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6.1 Linker options for getting information about images
6.1.1 See also
Getting information about images
You can use following options to get information about how your image is generated by the
linker:
--info=topic[,topic,...]
Displays information about various topics.
--map Displays the image memory map, and contains the address and the size of each
load region, execution region, and input section in the image, including
linker-generated input sections. It also shows how RW data compression is
applied.
--section_index_display
Use with --map to change the display of the index column.
--show_cmdline
Outputs the command-line used by the linker.
--symbols Displays a list of each local and global symbol used in the link step, and its value.
--verbose Displays detailed information about the link operation, including the objects that
are included and the libraries that contain them.
--xref Displays a list of all cross-references between input sections.
--xrefdbg Displays a list of all cross-references between input debug sections.
The information can be written to a file using the --list=file option.
Concepts
• Section alignment with the linker on page 4-22
• Optimization with RW data compression on page 5-13.
• Identifying the source of some link errors on page 6-3
• Example of using the --info linker option on page 6-4
Reference
Linker Reference:
• --info=topic[,topic,...] on page 2-80
• --list=file on page 2-102
• --map, --no_map on page 2-108
• --section_index_display=type on page 2-145
• --show_cmdline on page 2-147
• --symbols, --no_symbols on page 2-165
• --verbose on page 2-184
• --xref, --no_xref on page 2-190
• --xrefdbg, --no_xrefdbg on page 2-191.
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