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@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ ld \- the GNU linker .RB "[\|" \-S "\|]" .RB "[\|" \-s "\|]" .RB "[\|" \-sort\-common "\|]" +.RB "[\|" \-split\-by\-reloc\ "\c +.I count\c +\&\|] +.RB "[\|" \-split\-by\-file "\|]" .RB "[\|" "\-T\ "\c .I commandfile\c \&\|] @@ -701,6 +705,28 @@ This is to prevent gaps between symbols due to alignment constraints. This option disables that sorting. .TP +.B \-split\-by\-reloc\ \fIcount +Trys to creates extra sections in the output file so that no single +output section in the file contains more than +.I count +relocations. +This is useful when generating huge relocatable for downloading into +certain real time kernels with the COFF object file format; since COFF +cannot represent more than 65535 relocations in a single section. +Note that this will fail to work with object file formats which do not +support arbitrary sections. The linker will not split up individual +input sections for redistribution, so if a single input section +contains more than +.I count +relocations one output section will contain that many relocations. + +.TP +.B \-split\-by\-file +Similar to +.B \-split\-by\-reloc +but creates a new output section for each input file. + +.TP .BI "\-Tbss " "org"\c .TP .BI "\-Tdata " "org"\c |