Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC] Consolidate vmlinux.lds.S files | From | (Eric W. Biederman) | Date | 15 Jan 2003 17:19:38 -0700 |
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Kai Germaschewski <kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:
> 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?
Be very careful. There are some versions of ld (I forget which) that do not behave correctly when PHDRS are used.
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