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ARM DUI 0151A
ARM
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Developer Suite
Version 1.2
Linker and Utilities Guide
ii Copyright © 2001 ARM Limited. All rights reserved. ARM DUI 0151A
ARM Developer Suite
Linker and Utilities Guide
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Contents
ARM Developer Suite Linker and Utilities Guide
Preface
About this book .............................................................................................. vi
Feedback ....................................................................................................... ix
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 About the linker and utilities ........................................................................ 1-2
Chapter 2 The armlink Command Syntax
2.1 About armlink .............................................................................................. 2-2
2.2 armlink command syntax ............................................................................ 2-8
Chapter 3 Using the Basic Linker Functionality
3.1 Specifying the image structure .................................................................... 3-2
3.2 Section placement ...................................................................................... 3-8
3.3 Optimizations and modifications ............................................................... 3-12
3.4 Using command-line options to create simple images .............................. 3-14
Chapter 4 Accessing Image Symbols
4.1 Accessing linker-defined symbols ............................................................... 4-2
4.2 Accessing symbols in another image .......................................................... 4-5
4.3 Hiding and renaming global symbols .......................................................... 4-9
4.4 Using $Super$$ and $Sub$$ to overide symbol definitions ...................... 4-12
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Chapter 5 Using Scatter-loading description files
5.1 About scatter-loading .................................................................................. 5-2
5.2 The formal syntax of the scatter-loading description file ............................ 5-7
5.3 Examples of specifying region and section addresses ............................. 5-22
5.4 Equivalent scatter-loading descriptions for simple images ....................... 5-28
Chapter 6 Creating and Using libraries
6.1 About libraries ............................................................................................. 6-2
6.2 Library searching, selection, and scanning ................................................ 6-3
6.3 The ARM librarian ....................................................................................... 6-6
Chapter 7 Using fromELF
7.1 About fromELF ........................................................................................... 7-2
7.2 fromELF command-line options .................................................................. 7-3
7.3 Examples of fromELF usage .................................................................... 7-10
Chapter 8 Using the ARM Profiler
8.1 About the ARM profiler ............................................................................... 8-2
8.2 Profiler command-line options .................................................................... 8-3
8.3 Sample output ............................................................................................ 8-4
Glossary
