ARM Compiler toolchain Using the Linker: BPABI and SysV shared libraries and executables

BPABI and SysV shared libraries and executables

The following topics describe how the linker, armlink, supports the Base Platform Application Binary Interface (BPABI) and System V (SysV) shared libraries and executables:

Concepts

About the Base Platform Application Binary Interface (BPABI)
Platforms supported by the BPABI
Concepts common to all BPABI models
About importing and exporting symbols for BPABI models
Symbol visibility for BPABI models
Automatic import and export for BPABI models
Manual import and export for BPABI models
Symbol versioning for BPABI models
RW compression for BPABI models
Linker options for SysV models
SysV memory model
Automatic dynamic symbol table rules in the SysV memory model
Addressing modes in the SysV memory model
Thread local storage in the SysV memory model
Changes to command-line defaults with the SysV memory model
Linker options for bare metal and DLL-like models
Bare metal and DLL-like memory model
Mandatory symbol versioning in the BPABI DLL-like model
Automatic dynamic symbol table rules in the BPABI DLL-like model
Addressing modes in the BPABI DLL-like model
C++ initialization in the BPABI DLL-like model
About symbol versioning
Symbol versioning script file
Example of creating versioned symbols
About embedded symbols
Linker options for enabling implicit symbol versioning.

Reference

Related linker command-line options for the SysV memory model
Related linker command-line options for the BPABI DLL-like model.

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