From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT speedy DOT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Subject: Re: ld produces 1024byte file instead of couple bytes big file as expected
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Peteris Krumins <whitesunNOSPAM AT e-apollo DOT lv> wrote:
:  the problem i have is that after compiling dummy c program:
:   
:  int main() { }

:  and compiling it 'gcc -c dummy_program.c'
:  then trying 'ld dummy_program.o -o dummy.bin -Ttext 0x0 -e main --oformat 
: binary', i have 1024 byte file, which of right assembler code at the 
: beginning but all the other bytes till 1024th are filled with zeros '0'.
:  
:  whats wrong?

:  gcc version 3.1
:  ld 2.12.1

:  compiling on win9x

Add --verbose to ld and examine the linker script. Probably it has
some ALIGN statements.


Right,

						MartinS