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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ld/ld.texinfo b/ld/ld.texinfo index 7cbc26a..7d77d1c 100644 --- a/ld/ld.texinfo +++ b/ld/ld.texinfo @@ -1280,8 +1280,7 @@ it ends in a @code{.exe} suffix. @item --gc-sections @itemx --no-gc-sections Enable garbage collection of unused input sections. It is ignored on -targets that do not support this option. This option is not compatible -with @samp{-r} or @samp{--emit-relocs}. The default behaviour (of not +targets that do not support this option. The default behaviour (of not performing this garbage collection) can be restored by specifying @samp{--no-gc-sections} on the command line. @@ -1295,6 +1294,11 @@ referenced. Once this initial set of sections has been determined, the linker recursively marks as used any section referenced by their relocations. See @samp{--entry} and @samp{--undefined}. +This option can be set when doing a partial link (enabled with option +@samp{-r}). In this case the root of symbols kept must be explicitely +specified either by an @samp{--entry} or @samp{--undefined} option or by +a @code{ENTRY} command in the linker script. + @kindex --print-gc-sections @kindex --no-print-gc-sections @cindex garbage collection |