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Message-ID: <m21vhxln4s.fsf@igel.home>
Date:	Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:29:23 +0100
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Michael Schmitz <schmitz@...phys.uni-duesseldorf.de>
Cc:	Tim Abbott <tabbott@...lice.com>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	linux-m68k@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: "m68k: Cleanup linker scripts using new linker script macros." and old binutils (was: Re: [PATCH] m68k: Atari EtherNAT - Nicolas Pitre has a new email address)

Michael Schmitz <schmitz@...phys.uni-duesseldorf.de> writes:

> And indeed, the old script places the init task data between .init_end and _end.

This is exactly your problem.  The bootloader puts the bootinfo
structure at _end, and the kernel reads it from there.  But in your
non-working kernel that overlaps the init task structure.

Andreas.

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