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

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Message-ID: <20080512065233.GA24012@elf.ucw.cz>
Date:	Mon, 12 May 2008 08:52:33 +0200
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>, 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'

On Sun 2008-05-11 23:22:52, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Sunday, 11 of May 2008, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> > [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 ;-)
> 
> I've tested the appended one.  If that's what you mean, we'll ask Ingo to take
> it.

ACK... and thanks!
								Pavel

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