3.6.11 Mapped Linker Options

The options tabulated below are commonly used linker options.

Table 3-22. Mapped Linker Options
Option Controls
-Wl,--no-data-init Generation of the .dinit section and data initialization
-Wl,--gc-sections Reclamation of unused memory through garbage collection
-Wl,-Map=mapfile The generation of a linker map file
-Wl,--section-start=section=addr Placement of custom-named sections at the specified address. It cannot be used to place standard sections, like (.data, .bss, .text), which must be placed using a -Wl,-T option.
-Wl,-Tscript The linker script used when linking
-Wl,-Tsection=address The address allocated to the standard (.data, .bss, .text) sections (see 4.14.2 Changing and Linking the Allocated Section)