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 11:25:54 -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:
> 
> Hi Peter,
> 
> actually I only doubt about exactly position of this headers - I mean
> meguess it better should be _before_ "_end" not after. Since the others
> script uses (acpi/wakeup_rm.S):
> 
> 	wakeup_code_start:
> 	.incbin	"arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/wakeup.bin"
> 	wakeup_code_end:
> 
> and kernel uses these wakeup_code_* marks to save/restore memory I think
> it should be like
> 
> 	. = HEADER_OFFSET;
> 	.header : {
> 		...
> 	}
> 	. = ALIGN(16);
> 	_end = .;
> 	/DISCARD/ ...
> 

Yes, I believe that's correct.

	-hpa
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