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On 11/17/2014 06:23 PM, Greg Thelen wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Nov 17 2014, Greg Thelen wrote:
> [...]
>> Given that bss and brk are nobits (i.e. only ALLOC) sections, does
>> file_offset make sense as a load address.  This fails with gold:
>>

It really doesn't.  We have that information elsewhere.

	-hpa