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Symbol Utility Features and Functions
The General-Purpose ASCII File Format
Sections
Format [SECTIONS]
section_name start..end attribute
Use SECTIONS to define symbols for regions of memory, such as
sections, segments, or classes.
section_name A symbol representing the name of the section.
start The first address of the section, in hexadecimal.
end The last address of the section, in hexadecimal.
attribute (optional) Attribute may be one of the following:
NORMAL (default)
The section is a normal, relocatable section, such as code or data.
NONRELOC
The section contains variables or code that cannot be relocated. In
other words, this is an absolute segment.
NOTE: To enable section relocation, section definitions must appear before any other
definitions in the file.