GNAT Linker Options & Memory Maps

["Marin David Condic, 561.796.8997, M/S 731-93" <condicma@PWFL.COM>]

    After spending time doing the RTFM thing on the GNAT linker, I'm
    still left with a question that maybe someone can help me with:

    There appears to be no way of controlling the link map using the
    GNAT linker. (I did not recall seeing anything about an option to
    even print out the link map.) Is there any way of using the linker
    to control the addresses at which things fall? (Yes, I know Ada
    gives you an address clause for fixing things in memory. However,
    I have often failed to get the desired results using address
    clauses and there are times when it would be much more handy to
    use the linker to do this.)

    Also, I did not see any provisions for outputting a symbol table
    or for specifying a load image format other than the default host
    system format. (Motorola S-records, maybe?)

    I'm trying to find out how practical it would be to point GNAT at
    an embedded target, and I guess I'm discovering that it would take
    some work here at the link end as well as the compile end.

    MDC

Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer     ATT:        561.796.8997
Pratt & Whitney GESP, M/S 731-96, P.O.B. 109600  Fax:        561.796.4669
West Palm Beach, FL, 33410-9600                  Internet:   CONDICMA@PWFL.COM
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