Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:17:23 +0200 (CEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] (updated, rolled up) make section names compatible with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections |
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On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > Here is the update against current Linus tree, > rolled up into one patch. > > James Bottomley suggested a different naming scheme: > instead of swapping parts (.text.head -> .head.text), > prepend .kernel to our special section names. > This patch implements his idea.
Why not '.linux'?
> ppc and v850 are dropped per comments from arch people. > parisc and x86 had minor fixes. x86 fix added proper > executable bits to a section: > > -.section ".text.head" > +.section ".kernel.text.head","ax",@progbits > > Does arch/m68k/kernel/sun3-head.S need the same fix?
Sure, why not?
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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