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71<h4 class="subsection">3.6.4 Input Section Description</h4>
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74<p>The most common output section command is an input section description.
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76<p>The input section description is the most basic linker script operation.
77You use output sections to tell the linker how to lay out your program
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79map the input files into your memory layout.
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