[quote user="Trevor Yates"]bss: 80b6cc20 000033e0 --HOLE--[/quote]
For a palign(4), the maximum padding at the end of the section should be 3 bytes. This might be a linker bug. Please attach the map file to your next post. If this is a bug, we will need a test case which allows us to reproduce the behavior.
[quote user="Trevor Yates"]Is it possible to make use of the palign within a group block?[/quote]
No. The individual output sections listed in a group are not given any memory allocation specification, including palign. Please see this wiki article.
Thanks and regards,
-George