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What is the difference between linker and gnu linker?


Asked by Ryann Wall on Dec 07, 2021 FAQ



Linker (computing), a computer program that takes one or more object files generated by a compiler and links them with libraries, generating an executable program or shared library GNU linker, the classic GNU Project's implementation of the Unix linker command ld. gold (linker), rewritten linker implementation in GNU Project.
Accordingly,
The GNU linker ld is meant to cover a broad range of situations, and to be as compatible as possible with other linkers. As a result, you have many choices to control its behavior. The linker supports a plethora of command-line options, but in actual practice few of them are used in any particular context.
Thereof, Go to the first, previous, next, last section, table of contents . The GNU linker ld is meant to cover a broad range of situations, and to be as compatible as possible with other linkers. As a result, you have many choices to control its behavior.
Consequently,
The linker combines input files into a single output file. The output file and each input file are in a special data format known as an object file format. Each file is called an object file. The output file is often called an executable, but for our purposes we will also call it an object file.
In addition,
To access the section information from the GNU linker script is pretty easy and simple. For example in my GNU linker file I have the following memory mapping: I can define additional symbols inside the SECTIONS part of the linker script like this to know the boundaries and size of the m_text MEMORY area: