gas/arm

[Sebastian Kienzl]

hi,

that's what i'm using:

GNU assembler 2.11.2

configured for arm (using it on an arm7tdmi).

now that's my problem:

        .text
        .arm
        .align
        ldr     r0, =__sp_thread
        .end

works.

        .section .iwram, "xw"
        .arm
        .align
        ldr     r0, =__sp_thread
        .end

gives me:

Error: Literal referenced across section boundary (Implicit dump?)

__sp_thread's address is 0x3007f00.

imho this doesn't make any sense, does it?
the first code assembles fine, it puts the address i want right after
the code and loads it pc-relatively from there.
why wouldn't this work in another section which is really no
different?
if this isn't a bug how do i work around this?

thanks for your time,
sebastian kienzl