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Re: need info about ARM7 built sections
- From: Jonathan Larmour <jlarmour at redhat dot com>
- To: Joris Roussel <joris dot roussel at inventel dot fr>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 16:09:41 +0000
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] need info about ARM7 built sections
- Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd.
- References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020201165100.00aeae20@193.54.84.101>
Joris Roussel wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> On ARM7 target, different sections are built but I can't find in any eCos
> document to what they correspond.
Many of them are primarily a property of ELF. Look at the standards for
that. The few non-ELF sections are fairly self-explanatory (rom_vectors
etc.).
> QUESTION :
>
> Which sections can I put in a read-only device and which ones must be
> mapped in RAM ?
use objdump -h and you can see which ones have the LOAD attribute.
> What is the use of each one (or where can I find such info) ?
Sorry, something like that would take too long for a non-customer. Maybe
some non-Red Hat person will oblige.
Jifl
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