http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54303
--- Comment #8 from Tom Rini <tom.rini at gmail dot com> 2012-10-01 18:01:37 UTC --- I could be confused, but how is this a linker issue when gcc puts all of the strings into a single section? To reiterate, if you have N functions each with one string in it, on some platforms (ARM) you get one .rodata.str1.4 section and on others you get N .rodata.str.somethings sections.