RealView® Compilation Tools Linker and Utilities Guide 6.2.4. Using a dynamic linker

6.2.4. Using a dynamic linker

A shared object or executable file contains all the information necessary for the dynamic linker to load and run the file correctly:

Every shared object contains a SONAME that identifies the object. You can specify this name on the command line using the --soname name option.
The linker identifies dependencies to other shared objects using the shared objects specified on the command line.
If you specify the --init symbol command-line option, the linker uses the specified symbol name to define initialization code. The dynamic linker executes this code when it loads the executable file or shared object.
There is no assumption that a symbol named _ini marks this code.
If you specify the --fini symbol command-line option, the linker uses the specified symbol name to define finalization code. The dynamic linker executes this code when it unloads the executable file or shared object.
There is no assumption that a symbol named _fini marks this code.

Use the --dynamiclinker name command-line option to specify the dynamic linker to use to load and relocate the file at runtime. If you are working on Linux platforms, the linker assumes that the default dynamic linker is /lib/ld-linux.so.2.

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