cross compile and gcc question

I am working on an embedded app (target=motorola-power-pc host=686-cygwin-pe) and under older
gcc the the vtables were part of the text segment.

Now they have moved. Is there a way to have the linker (or compiler) put them back in that segment. If I read my map
file and used the objdump --full-contents correctly, it appears to be in the data segment.

I prefer not to change the program loader also.

sps