MIPS: always keep all sections in u-boot ELF binary.
Always keep all sections in u-boot ELF binary. Move all unneeded
sections after _end to avoid allocating space in the final binary.
Also remove .deadcode section which is now obsolete.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Schwierzeck <daniel.schwierzeck@gmail.com>
diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
index 16a9d6a..4c9edf8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/mips/cpu/u-boot.lds
@@ -60,27 +60,7 @@
__rel_dyn_end = .;
}
- .deadcode : {
- /*
- * Workaround for a binutils feature (or bug?).
- *
- * The GNU ld from binutils puts the dynamic relocation
- * entries into the .rel.dyn section. Sometimes it
- * allocates more dynamic relocation entries than it needs
- * and the unused slots are set to R_MIPS_NONE entries.
- *
- * However the size of the .rel.dyn section in the ELF
- * section header does not cover the unused entries, so
- * objcopy removes those during stripping.
- *
- * Create a small section here to avoid that.
- */
- LONG(0xffffffff);
- }
-
- .dynsym : {
- *(.dynsym)
- }
+ _end = .;
.bss __rel_dyn_start (OVERLAY) : {
__bss_start = .;
@@ -91,15 +71,39 @@
__bss_end = .;
}
+ .dynsym _end : {
+ *(.dynsym)
+ }
+
- /DISCARD/ : {
+ .dynbss : {
*(.dynbss)
+ }
+
+ .dynstr : {
*(.dynstr)
+ }
+
+ .dynamic : {
*(.dynamic)
+ }
+
+ .plt : {
+ *(.plt)
+ }
+
+ .interp : {
*(.interp)
+ }
+
+ .gnu : {
+ *(.gnu*)
+ }
+
+ .MIPS.stubs : {
+ *(.MIPS.stubs)
+ }
+
+ .hash : {
*(.hash)
- *(.gnu.*)
- *(.plt)
- *(.got.plt)
- *(.rel.plt)
}
}