Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932528AbWEXBXl (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 May 2006 21:23:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932531AbWEXBXl (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 May 2006 21:23:41 -0400 Received: from vbn.0050556.lodgenet.net ([216.142.194.234]:39897 "EHLO vbn.0050556.lodgenet.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932528AbWEXBXl (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 May 2006 21:23:41 -0400 Subject: Re: Query regarding _etext, _edata, _end. From: Arjan van de Ven To: vamsi krishna Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3faf05680605231804q5aa8d65fqeb02026dd1515876@mail.gmail.com> References: <3faf05680605231804q5aa8d65fqeb02026dd1515876@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 03:23:38 +0200 Message-Id: <1148433818.3049.3.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 531 Lines: 15 > If yes , will these be always supported in the newer kernels coming in future? that's doubtful; there is no such guarantee of any kind of kernel internals in linux... I don't see these being any kind of special exception. you made me curious... what do you want to use these for? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/