linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Some vmlinux.lds.S cleanups

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Message-Id: <4540D9CF.76E4.0078.0@novell.com>
Date:	Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:52:47 +0200
From:	"Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
To:	<vgoyal@...ibm.com>
Cc:	"Andi Kleen" <ak@....de>,
	"linux kernel mailing list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Ian Campbell" <Ian.Campbell@...source.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Some vmlinux.lds.S cleanups

>>> Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...ibm.com> 26.10.06 15:44 >>>
>On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:08:21AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> I was about to ack it when I saw that you left .bss in init - that doesn't seem
>> too good an idea... Jan
>> 
>
>Should I create a separate program header say "bss" for .bss section? Last
>time when I suggested it you said there is no need to create a separate
>program header for bss.

No, I continue to think .bss naturally belongs at the end of the data segment.

>More program headers we create, we need to make sure that they are on page
>size boundaries so that kexec on vmlinux does not break.

Jan
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