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Conventions and feedback Linker command-line options Linker steering file command reference Formal syntax of the scatter file BNF notation used in scatter-loading description s Syntax of a scatter file About load region descriptions Syntax of a load region description Load region attributes About execution region descriptions Syntax of an execution region description Execution region attributes Address attributes for load and execution regions Considerations when using a relative address +offs Considerations when using a relative address +offs Inheritance rules for load region address attribut Inheritance rules for execution region address att Inheritance rules for the RELOC address attribute About input section descriptions Syntax of an input section description How the linker resolves multiple matches when proc Behavior when .ANY sections overflow because of li How the linker resolves path names when processing About Expression evaluation in scatter files Expression usage in scatter files Expression rules in scatter files Execution address built-in functions for use in sc Scatter files containing relative base address loa ScatterAssert function and load address related fu Symbol related function in a scatter file Example of aligning a base address in execution sp AlignExpr(expr, align) function GetPageSize() function SizeOfHeaders() function

Linker Reference Guide

About Expression evaluation in scatter files

About Expression evaluation in scatter files

Scatter files frequently contain numeric constants.You can use specify numeric constants using:

  • Expressions.

  • Execution address built-in functions.

  • ScatterAssert function with load address related functions that take an expression as a parameter. An error message is generated if this expression does not evaluate to true.

  • The symbol related function, defined(global_symbol_name) ? expr1 : expr2.

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