Messages in this thread | | | From | Segher Boessenkool <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386 kernel instant reboot with older binutils fix | Date | Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:02:27 +0100 |
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> Hopefully this patch should solve steve's issue too.
Sure looks like it.
> o Older binutils required explicit flags to mark a section allocatable > and executable(AX). Newer binutils automatically mark a section AX if > the name starts with .text.
More exactly, since 2.15 more section names are automatically recognised as being of a certain type; older binutils already did this for plain .text, for example. Just a nitpick, but perhaps it explains the problem better; I'm fine with the patch as-is.
Segher
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