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authorAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2020-10-06 15:30:15 +0100
committerAndrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>2020-10-16 13:43:48 +0100
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ld: More documentation for --defsym
The ordering of command line options --defsym and -T is important, however, the description of --defsym in the manual doesn't mention this. This commit adds more text to the description of --defsym to try and explain this ordering requirement. ld/ChangeLog: * ld.texi (Options): Extend the description of --defsym.
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@@ -1705,6 +1705,15 @@ using the linker command language from a script (@pxref{Assignments}).
@emph{Note:} there should be no white space between @var{symbol}, the
equals sign (``@key{=}''), and @var{expression}.
+The linker processes @samp{--defsym} arguments and @samp{-T} arguments
+in order, placing @samp{--defsym} before @samp{-T} will define the
+symbol before the linker script from @samp{-T} is processed, while
+placing @samp{--defsym} after @samp{-T} will define the symbol after
+the linker script has been processed. This difference has
+consequences for expressions within the linker script that use the
+@samp{--defsym} symbols, which order is correct will depend on what
+you are trying to achieve.
+
@cindex demangling, from command line
@kindex --demangle[=@var{style}]
@kindex --no-demangle