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

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Message-ID: <20080511182905.GD6942@cvg>
Date:	Sun, 11 May 2008 22:29:05 +0400
From:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.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'

[H. Peter Anvin - Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:25:54AM -0700]
> 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
>

Thanks for review, Peter, I'll cook a patch and wait for
Pavel's opinion ;-)

		- Cyrill -
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