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71<h3 class="section">5.8 <code>ld</code> and MSP430</h3>
72<p>For the MSP430 it is possible to select the MPU architecture.  The flag &lsquo;<samp>-m [mpu type]</samp>&rsquo;
73will select an appropriate linker script for selected MPU type.  (To get a list of known MPUs
74just pass &lsquo;<samp>-m help</samp>&rsquo; option to the linker).
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77<p>The linker will recognize some extra sections which are MSP430 specific:
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80<dt><code>&lsquo;<samp>.vectors</samp>&rsquo;</code></dt>
81<dd><p>Defines a portion of ROM where interrupt vectors located.
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83</dd>
84<dt><code>&lsquo;<samp>.bootloader</samp>&rsquo;</code></dt>
85<dd><p>Defines the bootloader portion of the ROM (if applicable).  Any code
86in this section will be uploaded to the MPU.
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88</dd>
89<dt><code>&lsquo;<samp>.infomem</samp>&rsquo;</code></dt>
90<dd><p>Defines an information memory section (if applicable).  Any code in
91this section will be uploaded to the MPU.
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93</dd>
94<dt><code>&lsquo;<samp>.infomemnobits</samp>&rsquo;</code></dt>
95<dd><p>This is the same as the &lsquo;<samp>.infomem</samp>&rsquo; section except that any code
96in this section will not be uploaded to the MPU.
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99<dt><code>&lsquo;<samp>.noinit</samp>&rsquo;</code></dt>
100<dd><p>Denotes a portion of RAM located above &lsquo;<samp>.bss</samp>&rsquo; section.
101</p>
102<p>The last two sections are used by gcc.
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110<dt><samp>--code-region=[either,lower,upper,none]</samp></dt>
111<dd><p>This will transform .text* sections to [either,lower,upper].text* sections. The
112argument passed to GCC for -mcode-region is propagated to the linker
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117<dt><samp>--data-region=[either,lower,upper,none]</samp></dt>
118<dd><p>This will transform .data*, .bss* and .rodata* sections to
119[either,lower,upper].[data,bss,rodata]* sections. The argument passed to GCC
120for -mdata-region is propagated to the linker using this option.
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124<dt><samp>--disable-sec-transformation</samp></dt>
125<dd><p>Prevent the transformation of sections as specified by the <code>--code-region</code>
126and <code>--data-region</code> options.
127This is useful if you are compiling and linking using a single call to the GCC
128wrapper, and want to compile the source files using -m[code,data]-region but
129not transform the sections for prebuilt libraries and objects.
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