This section contain the table needed for dynamic relocation. Also provide symbols for the relocation code to access the table.
Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos juhosg@openwrt.org Cc: Daniel Schwierzeck daniel.schwierzeck@googlemail.com --- arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds index 58a49b2..3d9d82a 100644 --- a/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds +++ b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds @@ -70,11 +70,36 @@ SECTIONS uboot_end_data = .;
. = ALIGN(4); + .rel.dyn : { + __rel_dyn_start = .; + *(.rel*) + __rel_dyn_end = .; + } + + .deadcode : { + /* + * Workaround for a binutils feature (or bug?). + * + * The GNU ld from binutils puts the dynamic relocation + * entries into the .rel.dyn section. Sometimes it + * allocates more dynamic relocation entries than it needs + * and the unused slots are set to R_MIPS_NONE entries. + * + * However the size of the .rel.dyn section in the ELF + * section header does not cover the unused entries, so + * objcopy removes those during stripping. + * + * Create a small section here to avoid that. + */ + LONG(0xffffffff); + } + + . = ALIGN(4); .sbss : { *(.sbss*) }
- .bss : { + .bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : { *(.bss*) . = ALIGN(4); }