This section contain the table needed for dynamic
relocation. Also provide symbols for the relocation
code to access the table.
Signed-off-by: Gabor Juhos <juh...@openwrt.org>
Cc: Daniel Schwierzeck <daniel.schwierz...@googlemail.com>
---
arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
index 58a49b2..3d9d82a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
@@ -70,11 +70,36 @@ SECTIONS
uboot_end_data = .;
. = ALIGN(4);
+ .rel.dyn : {
+ __rel_dyn_start = .;
+ *(.rel*)
+ __rel_dyn_end = .;
+ }
+
+ .deadcode : {
+ /*
+ * Workaround for a binutils feature (or bug?).
+ *
+ * The GNU ld from binutils puts the dynamic relocation
+ * entries into the .rel.dyn section. Sometimes it
+ * allocates more dynamic relocation entries than it needs
+ * and the unused slots are set to R_MIPS_NONE entries.
+ *
+ * However the size of the .rel.dyn section in the ELF
+ * section header does not cover the unused entries, so
+ * objcopy removes those during stripping.
+ *
+ * Create a small section here to avoid that.
+ */
+ LONG(0xffffffff);
+ }
+
+ . = ALIGN(4);
.sbss : {
*(.sbss*)
}
- .bss : {
+ .bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
*(.bss*)
. = ALIGN(4);
}
--
1.7.10
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