qualcomm / qualcomm/eld

Remove non standard options and difficult to maintain in eld

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Since Mar 23, 2026.

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Description

  • --disable-bss-conversion

Workaround: Use separate segments for sections that have different progbits

GNU linker script does bss conversion as well; ELD is compatible with GNU linker

Notes: progbits – marks sections that occupy space in the file but not in memory

  • --enable-bss-mixing

Allows mixing bss and progbits sections together in one segment

Related to bss conversion

GNU linker script does not support bss mixing; ELD is compatible with GNU linker

  • --compact

Workaround: Merge segments into one output section

No other linker supports it; ELD is being made compatible with all other linkers

  • attribute((section([section@address))]

No workaround

GNU linker script does not support setting VA;

  • RegionTable support (“.region_table” keyword in linker script)

No workaround

Contains a table of region addresses and sizes to zero initialize

GNU linker script does not support it

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