SLAU131Y October 2004 – June 2021
An input section specification identifies the sections from input files that are combined to form an output section. In general, the linker combines input sections by concatenating them in the order in which they are specified. However, if alignment or blocking is specified for an input section, all of the input sections within the output section are ordered as follows:
The size of an output section is the sum of the sizes of the input sections that it comprises.
Section 9.6.5.3.1 shows the most common type of section specification; note that no input sections are listed.