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From:   Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 24 May 2020 18:48:27 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/boot: Add .text.startup to setup.ld
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
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On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 5:32 PM Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> gcc puts the main function into .text.startup when compiled with -Os (or
> -O2). This results in arch/x86/boot/main.c having a .text.startup
> section which is currently not included explicitly in the linker script
> setup.ld in the same directory.

If the compiler is making assumptions based on the function name
"main" wouldn't it be simpler just to rename the function?

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Brian Gerst