The --no_eager_load_debug option causes the
linker to remove debug section data from memory after object loading.
This lowers the peak memory usage of the linker at the expense of
some linker performance, because much of the debug data has to be
loaded again when the final image is written.
Using --no_eager_load_debug option does not
affect the debug data that is written into the ELF file.
The default is --eager_load_debug.
Note
The resulting image or object built without debug information
might differ by a small number of bytes. This is because the .comment section
contains the linker command line used, where the options have differed
from the default (the default is --eager_debug_load).
Therefore --no_eager_load_debug images are a little
larger and contain Program Header and possibly a Section Header
a small number of bytes later. Use --no_comment_section to
eliminate this difference.
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