123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627 |
- [Main]
- Title=TIGCC-Native Linking Mode
- [Top]
- This mode (which can be enabled using the <B>'--native'</B>
- <A HREF="$$LINK(invocation_ld)">command-line option</A> or the control symbol
- <A HREF="$$LINK(control_tigcc_native)">_tigcc_native</A>) is the
- recommended mode for all new programs. When operating in this mode, the TIGCC
- linker does not process the program in any special way, except that it
- requires the definition of at least one startup section. The idea is that
- stub code should not be handled by the linker itself but rather included
- manually by the program as needed. However, every program (regardless of the
- architecture and operating system) needs to have a prolog that either
- contains the location of the main entry point or is itself the startup code
- of the program. On the TI platforms with official assembly program support,
- execution always starts at the beginning of the program, so the prolog is
- actually the startup code.
- <BR><BR>
- Ideally, every program should be able to use this mode. However, at the
- moment, the output file format cannot be specified other than by switching to
- the appropriate mode. If you want to use a different output file format than
- the default TIOS format (i.e. Nostub DLL or Fargo II), you cannot use
- TIGCC-native mode. At the moment, adding support for explicit selection of
- the output file format does not have any particular benefit, since it does
- not permit the removal of any of the other modes. However, as soon as the
- need for another output format (e.g. raw) arises, there should be a
- command-line option to select the format.
|