Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754394AbZCIX75 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:59:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752154AbZCIX7s (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:59:48 -0400 Received: from gw.goop.org ([64.81.55.164]:41108 "EHLO mail.goop.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751594AbZCIX7s (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Mar 2009 19:59:48 -0400 Message-ID: <49B5AD6A.2020101@goop.org> Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:59:38 -0700 From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Yinghai Lu CC: Ingo Molnar , "Eric W. Biederman" , the arch/x86 maintainers , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Absolute symbols in vmlinux_64.lds.S X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 618 Lines: 21 Why does vmlinux_64.lds.S use absolute symbols for things like __bss_start/stop: __bss_start = .; /* BSS */ .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.bss.page_aligned) *(.bss) } __bss_stop = .; vmlinux_32.lds.S puts __bss_start/stop into the .bss section itself. Is there some particular reason they need to be absolute symbols (relocation?). Thanks, J -- 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/