linux-kernel - Re: linux object file containing all kernel symbols and suitable for userspace linking?

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Date:	Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:06:33 -0400
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Daniel Rosenthal <danielrosenthal@....org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: linux object file containing all kernel symbols and suitable
	for userspace linking?

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 03:22:48AM -0400, Daniel Rosenthal wrote:
> It's looks close, but it seems to be missing some symbols.  Below is
> an excerpt of some of the some of the error messages that come up when
> trying to link vmlinux.o to another object file.  It looks like all
> the binary layout related symbols are missing, and jiffies also.
> How/when are these symbols normally linked into the final kernel
> image?

These are proided by the linker script.

      	  	     Jeff

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