http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=47500
--- Comment #5 from Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-01-30 22:28:40 UTC --- > What do you mean? It dictates the maximum size of objects placed in sbss and > sdata sections. So -Gnumber is accepted by cc1. The question is, how does it accept it?