Messages in this thread | | | From | David Mosberger <> | Date | Mon, 13 Jan 2003 11:37:35 -0800 | Subject | Re: [RFC] Consolidate vmlinux.lds.S files |
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Kai> I would suggest an approach like the following, of course Kai> showing only a first simple step. A series of steps like this Kai> should allow for a serious reduction in size of Kai> arch/*/vmlinux.lds.S already, while being obviously correct and Kai> allowing archs to do their own special thing if necessary (in Kai> particular, IA64 seems to differ from all the other archs).
The only real difference for the ia64 vmlinux.lds.S is that it generates correct physical addressess, so that the boot loader doesn't have to know anything about the virtual layout of the kernel. Something that might be useful for other arches as well...
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