Newbie question about compiler compatibility

[Stavros Tsolakos <stsolakos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello.

This is my first post to the list.

I am new to arm development, so my question may sound a bit dumb.

I have some code that I build with the armcc compiler coming with the 
ARM Development Suite 1.2. I also have some code that I want to build 
with gcc and create a static library (.a). Can I link this static 
library with the executable produced by armcc?

I have succesfully done this in the past using arm-linux-gcc 2.95.2. I 
tried doing it under the windows platform using arm-elf-gcc 3.4.0 with 
no success. The arm linker complained with this error:

Fatal error: L6042U: Relocation #0 in io.o(.text) is wrt a mapping 
symbol(#2, Last Map Symbol = #11).

According to the ADS manual, this has to do with the compiler and the 
code it generates.

Any ideas?

TIA,
Stavros