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--any_contingency

--any_placement=algorithm

--any_sort_order=order

--api, --no_api

--autoat, --no_autoat

--bestdebug, --no_bestdebug

--branchnop, --no_branchnop

--callgraph, --no_callgraph

--callgraph_file=filename

--callgraph_output=fmt

--cgsymbol=type

--cgundefined=type

--combreloc, --no_combreloc

--comment_section, --no_comment_section

--compress_debug, --no_compress_debug

--cppinit, --no_cppinit

--crosser_veneershare, --no_crosser_veneershare

--datacompressor=opt

--debug, --no_debug

--diag_error=tag[,tag,...]

--diag_remark=tag[,tag,...]

--diag_style=arm|ide|gnu

--diag_suppress=tag[,tag,...]

--diag_warning=tag[,tag,...]

--eager_load_debug, --no_eager_load_debug

--edit=file_list

--emit_debug_overlay_relocs

--emit_debug_overlay_section

--emit_non_debug_relocs

--entry=location

--errors=filename

--exceptions, --no_exceptions

--exceptions_tables=action

--feedback=filename

--feedback_image=option

--feedback_type=type

--filtercomment, --no_filtercomment

--first=section_id

--force_explicit_attr

--info=topic[,topic,...]

--info_lib_prefix=opt

--inline, --no_inline

--inlineveneer, --no_inlineveneer

input-file-list

--keep=section_id

--keep_protected_symbols

--largeregions, --no_largeregions

--last=section_id

--legacyalign, --no_legacyalign

--libpath=pathlist

--library_type=lib

--list=filename

--list_mapping_symbols, --no_list_mapping_symbols

--load_addr_map_info, --no_load_addr_map_info

--locals, --no_locals

--mangled, --unmangled

--map, --no_map

--match=crossmangled

--max_veneer_passes=value

--max_visibility=type

--merge, --no_merge

--muldefweak, --no_muldefweak

--output=filename

--override_visibility

--pagesize=pagesize

--piveneer, --no_piveneer

--predefine="string"

--reduce_paths, --no_reduce_paths

--ref_cpp_init, --no_ref_cpp_init

--remove, --no_remove

--ro_base=address

--rw_base=address

--scanlib, --no_scanlib

--scatter=filename

--section_index_display=type

--show_full_path

--show_parent_lib

--sort=algorithm

--startup=symbol, --no_startup

--strict_enum_size, --no_strict_enum_size

--strict_flags, --no_strict_flags

--strict_ph, --no_strict_ph

--strict_relocations, --no_strict_relocations

--strict_symbols, --no_strict_symbols

--strict_visibility, --no_strict_visibility

--strict_wchar_size, --no_strict_wchar_size

--symbols, --no_symbols

--symdefs=filename

--tailreorder, --no_tailreorder

--thumb2_library, --no_thumb2_library

--tiebreaker=option

--undefined=symbol

--undefined_and_export=symbol

--unresolved=symbol

--use_definition_visibility

--userlibpath=pathlist

--veneerinject,--no_veneerinject

--veneer_inject_type=type

--veneer_pool_size=size

--veneershare, --no_veneershare

--version_number

--xref, --no_xref

--xrefdbg, --no_xrefdbg

--xref{from|to}=object(section)

--zi_base=address

Linker steering file command reference

Formal syntax of the scatter file

--remove, --no_remove

ARM Compiler toolchain v5.02 for µVision Linker Reference

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`--remove`, `--no_remove`

This option enables or disables the removal of unused input sections from the image. An input section is considered used if it contains an entry point, or if it is referred to from a used section.

Default

The default is --remove.

Usage

Use --no_remove when debugging to retain all input sections in the final image even if they are unused.

Use --remove with the --keep option to retain specific sections in a normal build.

See also

Concepts

Using the Linker:

Reference

--keep=section_id.

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