ColdFire: Cleanup for partial linking and --gc-sections

Introduce the --gc-sections for ColdFire platform and clean up the
corresponding lds file.

Signed-off-by: TsiChung Liew <tsicliew@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Jin <Jason.jin@freescale.com>

13 files changed, 146 insertions, 673 deletions

diff --git a/arch/m68k/config.mk b/arch/m68k/config.mk
index 863f3ddbc..81b14c23b 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/config.mk
+++ b/arch/m68k/config.mk
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR ?= 0x20000 -L $(clibdir)
 
 PLATFORM_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_M68K -D__M68K__
 PLATFORM_LDFLAGS  += -n
+PLATFORM_RELFLAGS              += -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections
+LDFLAGS_FINAL                  += --gc-sections
diff --git a/board/freescale/m5208evbe/u-boot.lds b/board/freescale/m5208evbe/u-boot.lds
index e5011a63b..6e39be169 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m5208evbe/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/freescale/m5208evbe/u-boot.lds
@@ -22,61 +22,25 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp        : { *(.interp)		}
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt           : { *(.plt)		}
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf52x2/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf52x2/libmcf52x2.o	(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/libm68k.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf52x2/start.o		(.text*)
 
     . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata1)
+    *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -86,24 +50,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -113,7 +73,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -130,9 +89,8 @@ SECTIONS
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.sbss*)
+   *(.bss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;
diff --git a/board/freescale/m52277evb/u-boot.spa b/board/freescale/m52277evb/u-boot.spa
index 4b710be94..e7b22e3fc 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m52277evb/u-boot.spa
+++ b/board/freescale/m52277evb/u-boot.spa
@@ -22,63 +22,27 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5227x/start.o	(.text)
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5227x/libmcf5227x.o	(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/libm68k.o		(.text)
-    lib/libgeneric.o	(.text)
-    common/cmd_mem.o		(.text)
-    common/main.o		(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5227x/start.o	(.text*)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5227x/libmcf5227x.o	(.text*)
+    arch/m68k/lib/libm68k.o		(.text*)
 
     . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata1)
+    *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -88,24 +52,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -115,7 +75,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -129,12 +88,11 @@ SECTIONS
   __init_end = .;
 
   __bss_start = .;
-  .bss       :
+  .bss (NOLOAD)      :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.sbss*)
+   *(.bss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;
diff --git a/board/freescale/m5253demo/u-boot.lds b/board/freescale/m5253demo/u-boot.lds
index 3644838ad..cbd28312a 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m5253demo/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/freescale/m5253demo/u-boot.lds
@@ -22,52 +22,18 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)	}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text) 	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)	}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data) 	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata) 	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata) 	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)	}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)	}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)	}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)	}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)	}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)	}
-  .init          : { *(.init)		}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf52x2/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/traps.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf52x2/interrupts.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf52x2/start.o		(.text*)
 
     . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o	(.text*)
 
-
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
@@ -75,9 +41,6 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -87,24 +50,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -114,7 +73,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -131,9 +89,8 @@ SECTIONS
   .bss       :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.sbss*)
+   *(.bss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;
diff --git a/board/freescale/m53017evb/u-boot.lds b/board/freescale/m53017evb/u-boot.lds
index 445566b36..80935f28b 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m53017evb/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/freescale/m53017evb/u-boot.lds
@@ -22,51 +22,20 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf532x/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf532x/libmcf532x.o	(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/libm68k.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf532x/start.o		(.text*)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf532x/libmcf532x.o	(.text*)
+    arch/m68k/lib/libm68k.o		(.text*)
 
     . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
@@ -74,9 +43,6 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -86,24 +52,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -113,7 +75,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -130,9 +91,8 @@ SECTIONS
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.sbss*)
+   *(.bss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;
diff --git a/board/freescale/m5329evb/u-boot.lds b/board/freescale/m5329evb/u-boot.lds
index 4375342c8..40af8bc23 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m5329evb/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/freescale/m5329evb/u-boot.lds
@@ -22,51 +22,18 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf532x/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/traps.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/interrupts.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf532x/start.o		(.text*)
 
     . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
@@ -74,9 +41,6 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -86,24 +50,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -113,7 +73,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -130,9 +89,8 @@ SECTIONS
   .bss (NOLOAD)       :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.sbss*)
+   *(.bss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;
diff --git a/board/freescale/m5373evb/u-boot.lds b/board/freescale/m5373evb/u-boot.lds
index f3acfc735..19342ac21 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m5373evb/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/freescale/m5373evb/u-boot.lds
@@ -22,51 +22,18 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf532x/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/traps.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/interrupts.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf532x/start.o		(.text*)
 
     . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
+    common/env_embedded.o	(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
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   {
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -86,24 +50,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -113,7 +73,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -130,9 +89,8 @@ SECTIONS
   .bss       :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.sbss*)
+   *(.bss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;
diff --git a/board/freescale/m54451evb/u-boot.spa b/board/freescale/m54451evb/u-boot.spa
index e1bacd3d3..d13e7621c 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m54451evb/u-boot.spa
+++ b/board/freescale/m54451evb/u-boot.spa
@@ -22,65 +22,22 @@
  */
 
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-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/libmcf5445x.o	(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/libm68k.o		(.text)
-    common/cmd_flash.o		(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    common/main.o		(.text)
-    common/image.o		(.text)
-    lib/libgeneric.o	(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/start.o		(.text*)
 
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
-
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata1)
+     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -90,24 +47,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -117,7 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -131,12 +83,11 @@ SECTIONS
   __init_end = .;
 
   __bss_start = .;
-  .bss       :
+  .bss (NOLOAD)      :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;
diff --git a/board/freescale/m54451evb/u-boot.stm b/board/freescale/m54451evb/u-boot.stm
index 1c6979fba..45924b751 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m54451evb/u-boot.stm
+++ b/board/freescale/m54451evb/u-boot.stm
@@ -22,68 +22,22 @@
  */
 
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-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text) 	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data) 	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata) 	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata) 	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/start.o		(.text)
-/*    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/cpu_init.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/cpu.o			(.text)
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/dspi.o			(.text)
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/interrupt.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/speed.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/board.o			(.text)
-    common/serial.o			(.text)
-    common/console.o			(.text)
-    lib/display_options.o	(.text)
-    board/freescale/m54455evb/m54455evb.o	(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/start.o		(.text*)
 
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
-*/
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata1)
+     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -93,24 +47,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
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   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -120,7 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -134,12 +83,11 @@ SECTIONS
   __init_end = .;
 
   __bss_start = .;
-  .bss       :
+  .bss   (NOLOAD)    :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;
diff --git a/board/freescale/m54455evb/u-boot.atm b/board/freescale/m54455evb/u-boot.atm
index cf4650ee0..f34144934 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m54455evb/u-boot.atm
+++ b/board/freescale/m54455evb/u-boot.atm
@@ -22,62 +22,22 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/traps.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/interrupts.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/start.o		(.text*)
 
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
-
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata1)
+    *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -87,24 +47,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -114,7 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -128,12 +83,11 @@ SECTIONS
   __init_end = .;
 
   __bss_start = .;
-  .bss       :
+  .bss  (NOLOAD)     :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;
diff --git a/board/freescale/m54455evb/u-boot.int b/board/freescale/m54455evb/u-boot.int
index 79e64a2f2..f34144934 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m54455evb/u-boot.int
+++ b/board/freescale/m54455evb/u-boot.int
@@ -22,59 +22,22 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/traps.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/interrupts.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
-    lib/zlib.o		(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf5445x/start.o		(.text*)
 
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
   .rodata    :
   {
-    *(.rodata)
-    *(.rodata1)
+    *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -84,24 +47,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -111,7 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -125,12 +83,11 @@ SECTIONS
   __init_end = .;
 
   __bss_start = .;
-  .bss       :
+  .bss  (NOLOAD)     :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;
diff --git a/board/freescale/m547xevb/u-boot.lds b/board/freescale/m547xevb/u-boot.lds
index a4e4d5ac5..5472689b5 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m547xevb/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/freescale/m547xevb/u-boot.lds
@@ -22,50 +22,15 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf547x_8x/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/traps.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/interrupts.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf547x_8x/start.o		(.text*)
 
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
-
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
@@ -73,9 +38,6 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,24 +47,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -112,7 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -126,12 +83,11 @@ SECTIONS
   __init_end = .;
 
   __bss_start = .;
-  .bss       :
+  .bss (NOLOAD)      :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;
diff --git a/board/freescale/m548xevb/u-boot.lds b/board/freescale/m548xevb/u-boot.lds
index a4e4d5ac5..cf3f38c0f 100644
--- a/board/freescale/m548xevb/u-boot.lds
+++ b/board/freescale/m548xevb/u-boot.lds
@@ -22,50 +22,15 @@
  */
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(m68k)
-/* Do we need any of these for elf?
-   __DYNAMIC = 0;    */
+
 SECTIONS
 {
   /* Read-only sections, merged into text segment: */
-  . = + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-  .interp : { *(.interp) }
-  .hash          : { *(.hash)		}
-  .dynsym        : { *(.dynsym)		}
-  .dynstr        : { *(.dynstr)		}
-  .rel.text      : { *(.rel.text)		}
-  .rela.text     : { *(.rela.text)	}
-  .rel.data      : { *(.rel.data)		}
-  .rela.data     : { *(.rela.data)	}
-  .rel.rodata    : { *(.rel.rodata)	}
-  .rela.rodata   : { *(.rela.rodata)	}
-  .rel.got       : { *(.rel.got)		}
-  .rela.got      : { *(.rela.got)		}
-  .rel.ctors     : { *(.rel.ctors)	}
-  .rela.ctors    : { *(.rela.ctors)	}
-  .rel.dtors     : { *(.rel.dtors)	}
-  .rela.dtors    : { *(.rela.dtors)	}
-  .rel.bss       : { *(.rel.bss)		}
-  .rela.bss      : { *(.rela.bss)		}
-  .rel.plt       : { *(.rel.plt)		}
-  .rela.plt      : { *(.rela.plt)		}
-  .init          : { *(.init)	}
-  .plt : { *(.plt) }
-  .text      :
+   .text      :
   {
-    /* WARNING - the following is hand-optimized to fit within	*/
-    /* the sector layout of our flash chips!	XXX FIXME XXX	*/
-
-    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf547x_8x/start.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/traps.o		(.text)
-    arch/m68k/lib/interrupts.o	(.text)
-    common/dlmalloc.o		(.text)
+    arch/m68k/cpu/mcf547x_8x/start.o		(.text*)
 
-    . = DEFINED(env_offset) ? env_offset : .;
-    common/env_embedded.o	(.text)
-
-    *(.text)
-    *(.fixup)
-    *(.got1)
+    *(.text*)
   }
   _etext = .;
   PROVIDE (etext = .);
@@ -73,9 +38,6 @@ SECTIONS
   {
     *(SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT(SORT_BY_NAME(.rodata*)))
   }
-  .fini      : { *(.fini)    } =0
-  .ctors     : { *(.ctors)   }
-  .dtors     : { *(.dtors)   }
 
   /* Read-write section, merged into data segment: */
   . = (. + 0x00FF) & 0xFFFFFF00;
@@ -85,24 +47,20 @@ SECTIONS
   .reloc   :
   {
     __got_start = .;
-    *(.got)
+    KEEP(*(.got))
     __got_end = .;
     _GOT2_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.got2)
+    KEEP(*(.got2))
     _FIXUP_TABLE_ = .;
-    *(.fixup)
+    KEEP(*(.fixup))
   }
   __got2_entries = (_FIXUP_TABLE_ - _GOT2_TABLE_) >>2;
   __fixup_entries = (. - _FIXUP_TABLE_)>>2;
 
   .data    :
   {
-    *(.data)
-    *(.data1)
-    *(.sdata)
-    *(.sdata2)
-    *(.dynamic)
-    CONSTRUCTORS
+    *(.data*)
+    *(.sdata*)
   }
   _edata  =  .;
   PROVIDE (edata = .);
@@ -112,7 +70,6 @@ SECTIONS
   .u_boot_cmd : { *(.u_boot_cmd) }
   __u_boot_cmd_end = .;
 
-
   . = .;
   __start___ex_table = .;
   __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) }
@@ -126,12 +83,11 @@ SECTIONS
   __init_end = .;
 
   __bss_start = .;
-  .bss       :
+  .bss (NOLOAD)      :
   {
    _sbss = .;
-   *(.sbss) *(.scommon)
-   *(.dynbss)
-   *(.bss)
+   *(.bss*)
+   *(.sbss*)
    *(COMMON)
    . = ALIGN(4);
    _ebss = .;