Messages in this thread Patch in this message | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Fri, 08 Aug 2003 12:30:50 -0400 | From | Brian Gerst <> | Subject | [PATCH] Delete initramfs_data.S.tmp |
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This file was added to BK recently but as far as I can tell isn't needed.
-- Brian Gerst diff -urN linux-2.6.0-test2-bk/initramfs_data.S.tmp linux/initramfs_data.S.tmp --- linux-2.6.0-test2-bk/initramfs_data.S.tmp 2003-08-08 08:02:50.714038376 -0400 +++ linux/initramfs_data.S.tmp 1969-12-31 19:00:00.000000000 -0500 @@ -1,30 +0,0 @@ -/* - initramfs_data includes the compressed binary that is the - filesystem used for early user space. - Note: Older versions of "as" (prior to binutils 2.11.90.0.23 - released on 2001-07-14) dit not support .incbin. - If you are forced to use older binutils than that then the - following trick can be applied to create the resulting binary: - - - ld -m elf_i386 --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -r \ - -T initramfs_data.scr initramfs_data.cpio.gz -o initramfs_data.o - ld -m elf_i386 -r -o built-in.o initramfs_data.o - - initramfs_data.scr looks like this: -SECTIONS -{ - .init.ramfs : { *(.data) } -} - - The above example is for i386 - the parameters vary from architectures. - Eventually look up LDFLAGS_BLOB in an older version of the - arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile to see the flags used before .incbin was introduced. - - Using .incbin has the advantage over ld that the correct flags are set - in the ELF header, as required by certain architectures. -*/ - -.section .init.ramfs,"a" -.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz" - | ![\](/images/icornerr.gif) |