[Bug binutils/4695] New: arm-elf-size usefullness

[fink at racemouse dot net]

Greetings,

Please consider the scenario below:
Since i'm using "-ffunction-sections and -fdata-sections", my segments are put
int (.text.*) and (.data.*) instead of just (.text) and (.data). This results
in arm-elf-size outputs as follows:

When I use 'arm-elf-size -B' I get:

arm-elf-size -B Output/Exe/Bootstrapper.elf
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
  18068       0    5508   23576    5c18 Output/Exe/Bootstrapper.elf

When I use 'arm-elf-size -A' I get:

arm-elf-size -A Output/Exe/Bootstrapper.elf
Output/Exe/Bootstrapper.elf  :
section             size      addr
.startup              80   1048576
.text              16892   1048656
.data               1096   2097152
.bss                5508   2098248
.debug_abbrev      22956         0
.debug_info       102031         0
.debug_line        19194         0
.debug_frame        9912         0
.debug_loc         44707         0
.debug_pubnames     8590         0
.debug_aranges      4768         0
.debug_ranges       2104         0
.debug_str         17160         0
.comment            1188         0
Total             256186

Neither is very usefull and this is why :

When trying to optimize the code I need to know how much FLASH and how much RAM
is used.
Using option '-A' I cannot see the .data-sections size so this is useless here.
Using option '-B' I can see how much space is used in each segment, but I have
to manually calculate the used space as in "Flash = .startup + .text + .data"
and "RAM = .data + .bss". The '-B' option is the must usefull one but not very
good as I have to calulate it manually.

My feature request :
Implement a "-C" option that optimizes the output for embedded systems as
described above. This way embedded devs can quickly get an overview of the
resource usage of their devices. This could be extended even further in terms
of usefulness if another option eg "-l SAM7S256.ld" could point to the linker
script. This way arm-elf-size would be able to show the space left on the
device in terms of bytes and or %...

Cheers
RaceMouse

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           Summary: arm-elf-size usefullness
           Product: binutils
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: binutils
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: fink at racemouse dot net
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org
GCC target triplet: arm-elf-size


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4695

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