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| <h3 class="section">2.12 Join Data and Text Sections: <samp><span class="option">-R</span></samp></h3> |
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| <p><a name="index-g_t_002dR-87"></a><a name="index-data-and-text-sections_002c-joining-88"></a><a name="index-text-and-data-sections_002c-joining-89"></a><a name="index-joining-text-and-data-sections-90"></a><a name="index-merging-text-and-data-sections-91"></a><samp><span class="option">-R</span></samp> tells <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp> to write the object file as if all |
| data-section data lives in the text section. This is only done at |
| the very last moment: your binary data are the same, but data |
| section parts are relocated differently. The data section part of |
| your object file is zero bytes long because all its bytes are |
| appended to the text section. (See <a href="Sections.html#Sections">Sections and Relocation</a>.) |
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| <p>When you specify <samp><span class="option">-R</span></samp> it would be possible to generate shorter |
| address displacements (because we do not have to cross between text and |
| data section). We refrain from doing this simply for compatibility with |
| older versions of <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp>. In future, <samp><span class="option">-R</span></samp> may work this way. |
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| <p>When <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp> is configured for COFF or ELF output, |
| this option is only useful if you use sections named ‘<samp><span class="samp">.text</span></samp>’ and |
| ‘<samp><span class="samp">.data</span></samp>’. |
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| <p><samp><span class="option">-R</span></samp> is not supported for any of the HPPA targets. Using |
| <samp><span class="option">-R</span></samp> generates a warning from <samp><span class="command">as</span></samp>. |
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