SPARC Assembly Language Reference Manual

3.2.3 Predefined Non-User Sections

Table 3–5 lists sections that are predefined but cannot be named in the section control directives because they are not under user control.

Table 3–5

Section Name 

Description 

".dynamic"

Section contains dynamic linking information.  

.dynstr

Section contains strings needed for dynamic linking. 

.dynsym

Section contains the dynamic linking symbol table. 

.got

Section contains the global offset table. 

.hash

Section contains a symbol hash table. 

.interp

Section contains the path name of a program interpreter. 

.plt

Section contains the procedure linking table. 

.relname & .relaname

Section containing relocation information. name is the section to which the relocations apply, that is, ".rel.text", ".rela.text".

.shstrtab

String table for the section header table names.  

.strtab

Section contains the string table.  

.symtab

Section contains a symbol table.