I'm working on an ARM7TDMI project using GCC 4.3 and I'm having some difficulity telling the compiler to use long calls in certain cases but not others.

The build process runs arm-eabi-gcc to gene...

Non-Confidential PDF versionARM DUI0377H ARM® Compiler v5.06 for µVision® armlink User Guide Version 5Home > Image Structure and Generation > Linker-generated veneers > Generation of position independent to absolute veneers 3.6.4 Generation of position independent to absolute veneers Calling from position independent code to absolute code requires a veneer. The normal call instruction encodes the address of the target as an offset from the calling address. When calling from position independent (PI) code to absolute code the offset cannot be calculated at link time, so the linker must insert a long-branch veneer. The generation of PI to absolute veneers can be controlled using the --piveneer option, that is set by default. When this option is turned off using --no_piveneer, the linker generates an error when a call from PI code to absolute code is detected. Related concepts 3.6.1 What is a veneer? Related reference 9.76 --max_veneer_passes=value 9.87 --piveneer, --no_piveneer