This option helps to emulate GNU ld by
enabling the translation of command lines from the GNU tools.
UsageYou can use this option to provide either of the following:
a full GNU
ldemulation targeting ARM Linuxa subset of full GNU
ldemulation in the form of translating individual GNUldcommand-line arguments into their ARM compiler equivalents.
To provide a full GNU ld emulation, you
must also use --arm_linux_config_file. This combination
of options selects the appropriate GNU library paths specified by
the configuration file, and includes changes to some default behaviors.
To translate individual GNU ld command-line
arguments into their ARM compiler equivalents without aiming for
full GNU ld emulation, use --translate_gld to
emulate GNU ld, but do not use it with --arm_linux_config_file.
Because you are not aiming for full GNU ld emulation with
this method, default behavior of the ARM compilation tools is retained,
and no defaults are set for targeting ARM Linux. The library paths
and option defaults for the ARM compilation tools remained unchanged.
Note
--translate_gldis used by invokingarmccas if it were the GNU linker. This is intended only for use by existing build scripts that involve the GNU linker directly.In
gccandg++modes,armccreports itself with--translate_gldas the linker it uses. For example,gcc -print-file-name=ld.
To selectively specify options that are not to be translated,
use -Warmcc.
Specifying multiple GNU translation modes on the same command
line is ambiguous to the compiler. The first specified translation
mode is used, and the compiler generates a warning message. For
example, given armcc --translate_gcc --translate_gld,
the compiler uses --translate_gcc, ignores --translate_gld,
and generates a warning message.
--arm_linux in the Linker Reference
--library=name in the Linker Reference
--search_dynamic_libraries, --no_search_dynamic_libraries in the Linker Reference
About building Linux applications with the ARM Compiler toolchain and GNU libraries in Building Linux Applications with the ARM® Compiler toolchain and GNU Libraries.
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