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cmd/link: -D flag to specify data segment address in the linker #74945

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Currently I am using TamaGo to compile go to run on bare metal. The memory layout for the bare metal device assumes that RAM starts from a specific address. Looking at the linker, it seems to put data like BSS after .text.

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Looking in the linker, I think an if statement could be added after this line to check if -D was supplied:

	// If -D flag is specified, use it 
	if *FlagDataAddr != -1 {
		va = uint64(*FlagDataAddr)
	}
	

and then a change in layout since it seems to assume that virtual addresses are contiguous

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It's not possible to use an external linker in this case. Opening this up assuming that this flag is useful in general

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