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To:	zhuzhenhua <zzh.hust@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: BFD: Warning: Writing section `.text' to huge (ie negative) file offset 0xa1ffff10
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zhuzhenhua wrote:
> i have write a code to link at 0xa2000000(uncached address)
> but when link i get the error as
> "BFD: Warning: Writing section `.text' to huge (ie negative) file
> offset 0xa1ffff10.
> BFD: Warning: Writing section `.data' to huge (ie negative) file
> offset 0xa200b050.
> BFD: Warning: Writing section `.reginfo' to huge (ie negative) file
> offset 0xa200c980.
> mipsel-linux-objcopy: /root/project/brec_flash/release/brec_flash.bin:
> File truncated
> make: *** [brec_flash] Error 1"
> 
> my link.xn as follow:
> 
> OUTPUT_ARCH(mips)
> ENTRY(brec_flash_entry)
> SECTIONS
> {
> .text 0xa2000000 :

Use

 . = 0xa2000000;
 .text :

instead. "info ld" explains the subtle difference.


Thiemo