[PATCH 17/17] scripts/Makefile.lib: efi: Preserve the .dynstr section as well

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

On 2/24/25 06:55, Sam Edwards wrote:
> This section is required by .dynamic and llvm-objcopy will exit with a
> fatal error if it is not also preserved in the output.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sam Edwards <CFSworks at gmail.com>
> ---
>   scripts/Makefile.lib | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
> index 18993435eae..275c308154b 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
> @@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ $(obj)/%_efi.S: $(obj)/%.efi
>   	$(call cmd,S_efi)
>
>   quiet_cmd_efi_objcopy = OBJCOPY $@
> -cmd_efi_objcopy = $(OBJCOPY) -j .header -j .text -j .sdata -j .data -j \
> -		.dynamic -j .dynsym  -j .rel* -j .rela* -j .reloc \
> +cmd_efi_objcopy = $(OBJCOPY) -j .header -j .text -j .sdata -j .data \
> +		-j .dynamic -j .dynstr  -j .dynsym -j .rel* -j .reloc \
>   		$(if $(EFI_TARGET),$(EFI_TARGET),-O binary) $^ $@
>
>   $(obj)/%.efi: $(obj)/%_efi.so

I see sections .dynsym and .dynstr in intermediate *.so files but no
.dynamic section.

Why would we need a .dynamic section for a static EFI application?

Best regards

Heinrich