Re: ld overwriting output sections???

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Jakub,

> the kernel image is linked together correctly (line is present) or the 
> .mapped section overwrites the .unmapped section (line is not present).

When you say that it overwrites are you referring to the load-time 
address (LMA) or the run-time address (VMA) or both ?

> Is there anything wrong with our linking process or is it a bug in ld?

It does sound like a ld problem.  Have you tried using the latest 
sources from the CVS repository ?  They may work.  If not, please could 
you put together a small test program (assembler source, linker script, 
makefile) that demonstrates the problem so that we can investigate further ?

>  .mapped (((0x100000 +0x8000) + 0x80000000)+SIZEOF(.unmapped)): AT 
> (0x8000 +SIZEOF(.unmapped)) {

Presumably this line is the culprit, and at a guess I would assume that 
the SIZEOF() operator is not working properly.

Cheers
  Nick