On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 5:59 PM, YU Chenkan <cy...@ust.hk> wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm trying to generate a (very simple) special data section at > link-time. It seems that LTO is too heavy, though I'm also not quite > familiar with it. > > I think that what I first need is a new output format which wraps the > standard ELF, so can anyone help to point out where I can get started? > > Also if I want to generate data, is there any tool lighter than and > compatible with GCC can be used to deal with the platform dependent > stuff?
What kind of data section? Could you use a plugin with the linker (GNU ld supports plugins) which creates that? Thanks, Andrew Pinski