From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21394 invoked by alias); 8 Sep 2006 15:34:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 21385 invoked by uid 22791); 8 Sep 2006 15:34:34 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:34:31 +0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k88FYQkg003594; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:34:26 -0400 Received: from pobox.surrey.redhat.com (pobox.surrey.redhat.com [172.16.10.17]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k88FYO1X019485; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:34:25 -0400 Received: from [10.32.68.8] (vpn-68-8.surrey.redhat.com [10.32.68.8]) by pobox.surrey.redhat.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k88FYNL0019797; Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:34:24 +0100 Message-ID: <45018D7E.9030900@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:34:00 -0000 From: Nick Clifton User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060516) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jeff Lasslett CC: binutils@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Sections (.got .got2 .gcc_except_table .fixup), what are they for? References: <44EE4591.9000401@datataker.com.au> In-Reply-To: <44EE4591.9000401@datataker.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact binutils-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: binutils-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-09/txt/msg00051.txt.bz2 Hi Jeff, > My target is powerpc-eabi. > > I can't seem to find an explanation of the nature of the following > sections: > .got Try looking at the PowerPC EABI document. You can download a copy from here: ftp://ftp.linuxppc64.org/pub/people/amodra/ > .got2 This must be similar to the .got section, although I do not know its exact semantics. > .gcc_except_table This is to do with C++ exception handling. > .fixup I think that this section is redundant and was only used by old versions of gcc. Cheers Nick