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ld includes entire archive (.a) when compiling .elf file

Daniel Jacobowitz drow@false.org
Fri Mar 10 22:34:00 GMT 2006 
On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 05:29:25PM -0500, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 04:57:26PM -0500, Josh Keller wrote:
> > I can't figure out what to do.  I have tried the --gc-sections option
> > and the --no-whole-archive option but I still get a really large
> > executable.  I created my archive from .o files using 
> > arm-elf-ar -rcv libucos_ii.a $(OBJS).  
> > 
> > I can't seem to figure out a good solution.  Any ideas?  I'd rather not
> > create an archive file for each .o file (which sort of defeats the
> > purpose of having a .a file)  Thanks for the help!
> 
> Please try using the -Map option to ld (-Wl,-Map,filename if you're
> using GCC).  That will tell you why each file is pulled in.

BTW, I see that you were using GCC; --no-whole-archive probably doesn't
get to LD, nor --gc-sections.  You have to use -Wl for those options.
But --whole-archive should be the default anyway.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
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