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    SubjectRe: [RFC] Consolidate vmlinux.lds.S files
    On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, David Mosberger wrote:

    >
    > 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...

    I just found another way of changing the LMA in vmlinux, which is far
    less intrusive than what IA-64 uses. Do you see any reason why something
    like the following patch (which changes the LMA for i386) wouldn't work
    for IA-64?

    --Kai


    ===== arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S 1.24 vs edited =====
    --- 1.24/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S Wed Jan 15 11:48:42 2003
    +++ edited/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S Wed Jan 15 16:36:04 2003
    @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
    OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-i386", "elf32-i386", "elf32-i386")
    OUTPUT_ARCH(i386)
    ENTRY(_start)
    +PHDRS { kernel PT_LOAD AT(0x100000) ; }
    jiffies = jiffies_64;
    SECTIONS
    {
    @@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
    *(.text)
    *(.fixup)
    *(.gnu.warning)
    - } = 0x9090
    + } :kernel = 0x9090

    _etext = .; /* End of text section */

    -
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