linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.26-rc1 on x86: ld: warning: dot moved backwards before `.text'

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Date:	Sun, 11 May 2008 11:15:04 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
CC:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.26-rc1 on x86: ld: warning: dot moved backwards before	`.text'

Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> 
> Should not it be something like
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/wakeup.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/wakeup.lds.S
> index 22fab6c..cccf62d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/wakeup.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/wakeup.lds.S
> @@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ ENTRY(_start)
>  
>  SECTIONS
>  {
> -	. = HEADER_OFFSET;
> -	.header : {
> -		 *(.header)
> -	}
> -
>  	. = 0;
>  	.text : {
>  		 *(.text*)
> @@ -53,6 +48,11 @@ SECTIONS
>  	. = ALIGN(16);
>  	_end = .;
>  
> +	. = HEADER_OFFSET;
> +	.header : {
> +		 *(.header)
> +	}
> +
>  	/DISCARD/ : {
>  		*(.note*)
>  	}
> ---
> 		- Cyrill -

Yes.  This was the way I originally had it, then Pavel decided to move 
the header to the end.

	-hpa
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