document behaviour of dot inside sections.
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1999-06-22 Nick Clifton <nickc@cygnus.com>
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* ld.texinfo (Location Counter): Describe behaviour of
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location counter inside section statements.
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1999-06-20 Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
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* scripttempl/elf.sc (WRITABLE_RODATA): New variable for
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@ -3410,6 +3410,39 @@ followed by a 1000 byte gap. Then the @samp{.text} section from
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@samp{.text} section from @file{file3}. The notation @samp{= 0x1234}
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specifies what data to write in the gaps (@pxref{Output Section Fill}).
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@cindex dot inside sections
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Note: @code{.} actually refers to the byte offset from the start of the
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current containing object. Normally this is the @code{SECTIONS}
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statement, whoes start address is 0, hence @code{.} can be used as an
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absolute address. If @code{.} is used inside a section description
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however, it refers to the byte offset from the start of that section,
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not an absolute address. Thus in a script like this:
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@smallexample
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SECTIONS
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@{
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. = 0x100
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.text: @{
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*(.text)
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. = 0x200
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@}
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. = 0x500
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.data: @{
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*(.data)
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. += 0x600
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@}
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@}
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@end smallexample
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The @samp{.text} section will be assigned a starting address of 0x100
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and a size of exactly 0x200 bytes, even if there is not enough data in
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the @samp{.text} input sections to fill this area. (If there is too
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much data, an error will be produced because this would be an attempt to
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move @code{.} backwards). The @samp{.data} section will start at 0x500
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and it will have an extra 0x600 bytes worth of space after the end of
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the values from the @samp{.data} input sections and before the end of
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the @samp{.data} output section itself.
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@need 2000
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@node Operators
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@subsection Operators
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