5.7.10 Options for Linking

The options tabulated below control linker operations and are discussed in the sections that follow. If any of the options -c, -S or -E are used, the linker will not be executed.

Table 5-19. Linking Options
Option (links to explanatory section)	Definition
`-Wl,--dinit-compression=level`	Linker option that applies optimizations of the specified level to the data initialization template, which initializes objects and `ramfunc` functions in RAM.
`-llibrary`	Search the library named `library` when linking.
`-nodefaultlibs`	Do not use the standard system libraries when linking.
`-nostdlib`	Do not use the standard system start-up files or libraries when linking.
`-s`	Remove all symbol table and relocation information from the output.
`-T`	Specify linker script
`-u symbol`	Add an undefined symbol that will be present at link stage.
`-Wl,option`	Pass options to the linker.
`-Xlinker option`	Pass system-specific options to the linker.