c - What's wrong with the linker script -

i tried generate image there small portion of code initializes board (raspberry pi 2b), copies rest of stuff in upper memory , starts running rest of code there.

the idea whole image first loaded @ 0x8000 "functonality" copied upper memory , started, , stuff in 0x8000 abandoned.

it doesn't work. errors ld:

... /bin/ld: address 0x124ac of loader.elf section `.text2' not within region `exec' ... /bin/ld: address 0x1ff18 of loader.elf section `.bss' not within region `exec' ... /bin/ld: address 0x124ac of loader.elf section `.text2' not within region `exec' ... /bin/ld: address 0x1ff18 of loader.elf section `.bss' not within region `exec' ... /bin/ld: address 0x124ac of loader.elf section `.text2' not within region `exec' ... /bin/ld: address 0x1ff18 of loader.elf section `.bss' not within region `exec' ... /bin/ld: region `exec' overflowed -520487144 bytes collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [loader.elf] error 1 make: target `all' not remade because of errors. 

my linker script:

entry(_start)  memory {     load (rwx) : origin = 0x00008000, length = 512k /* initial */     exec (rwx) : origin = 0x1f000000, length = 512k /* runtime */ }  sections {        /* starts @ loader_addr. */     . = 0x8000;     __text_start = .;     .text :     {         *(.init)         *start1.o(.text)         *start1.o(.data)         *start1.o(.bss)         *(.text.startup)     } >load      .text2 align(0x1000):     {          __code_begin = .;         *loader.o(.text)         *rpi2.o(.text)         *serial.o(.text)         *util.o(exclude_file(*instr_util.o).text)         *gdb.o(.text)         *(.text)     } >exec at>load     __text_end = .;       __data_start = .;     .data :     {         *(.data)     } >exec at>load     __data_end = .;       __bss_start = .;     .bss align(0x8):     {         bss = .;         *(.bss)         stacks = .;         . = . + 512;    /* fiq stack size */         __fiq_stack = .;         . = . + 1024;   /* usr & sys stack size (common) */         __usrsys_stack = .;         . = . + 16384;  /* svc stack size (start-up) */         __svc_stack = .;         . = . + 4096;   /* irq stack size (serial) */         __irq_stack = .;         . = . + 512;    /* mon stack size */         __mon_stack = .;         . = . + 512;    /* hyp stack size */         __hyp_stack = .;         . = . + 512;    /* und stack size */         __und_stack = .;         . = . + 16384;  /* abrt stack size (gdb-stub) */         __abrt_stack = .;     } >exec at>load     __bss_end = .;      __new_org = 0x1f000000;       /* gcc-generated crap */     .note :     {         *(.note.*)     } >load      .debug :     {         *(.debug*)     } >load      __end = .; } 

it works fine, when use >load everywhere (all in lower memory). program not big:

       0x0001ff18                __bss_end = .        0x00032098                __end = . 

forgot mention: bare metal program.

[edit] funny, works (but i'd rather 'catenate'...)

.text2 0x1e000000: {      __code_begin = .;     *loader.o(.text)     *rpi2.o(.text)     *serial.o(.text)     *util.o(exclude_file(*instr_util.o).text)     *gdb.o(.text)     *(.text) } at>load 

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after quite trials: ">exec at>load" work. doesn't 'competing definitions': align(0x1000).