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To: Dukextra <mahuhta@gmail.com>
Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: "causes a section type conflict"
References: <27847975.post@talk.nabble.com>
From: Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:39:00 -0000
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Dukextra <mahuhta@gmail.com> writes:

> I have problem with GNU linker.
>
> I will show you simple example how it appears. But basically if I have set
> one function to specified memory section and try to call function with
> string parameter. then linker says "causes a section type conflict".
>
>
> char FooBar(const char *)  __attribute__((section(".defined_section")));
> void TestFunction(void)  __attribute__((section(".defined_section")));
>
> char FooBar(const char * s)
> {
>     if(s) return 1;
>     else return 0;
> }
>
> void TestFunction(void)
> {
>     FooBar(1);      // This works fine
>     FooBar("1")    // This doesnt work, linker script says: " TestFunction
> causes a section type conflict"
> }
>
>
> So what is that error message? Google didnt find any solve for this.

I can't find that error message anywhere in the linker.

What version of gcc?  What version of GNU ld?  What target?  Please
give us a complete standalone test case.  Please show us the exact
output of the linker.

Ian