On Jul 09 2020, Kevin O'Connor wrote:
The proposed approach is to use a combination of printf and dd to binary modify the intermediate object file so as to clear the (now banned) linker flag. I did feel, and continue to feel, this is an ugly hack that is fragile.
The easiest way to link a binary blob into an object is to encapsulate the blob into a rel object via the .incbin assembler directive.
Andreas.