From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mkl@pengutronix.de (Marc Kleine-Budde) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:22:09 +0100 Subject: linker problem with xip kernel and recent toolchains In-Reply-To: <1355249468.19818.23.camel@hornet> References: <50BE0CDB.5000704@pengutronix.de> <1355230894.19818.1.camel@hornet> <50C7386E.70305@pengutronix.de> <1355249468.19818.23.camel@hornet> Message-ID: <50C83EB1.5050509@pengutronix.de> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 12/11/2012 07:11 PM, Pawel Moll wrote: > On Tue, 2012-12-11 at 13:43 +0000, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote: >> What about putting the notes section into the read only segment, i.e. >> the ROM? > > Could you, please, try the change below? It seems to do the job for me. Works for me. The kernel image links to 640 KiB again. > 8<------------------------- > From 01fe7810cfded11aff03d216d2adbcf673e78f65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Pawel Moll > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:09:14 +0000 > Subject: [PATCH] ARM: vmlinux.lds: Move .notes section next to the rodata > > The .notes, being read-only data by nature, was placed between > read-write .data and .bss. This was harmful in case of XIP > images, as it was placed in the RAM range, most likely far > from the ROM address, inflating the XIP images. > > Moving the .notes at the end of the read-only section > (consisting of .text, .rodata and unwind info) fixes the problem. > > Signed-off-by: Pawel Moll Reported-by: Marc Kleine-Budde Tested-by: Marc Kleine-Budde Marc -- Pengutronix e.K. | Marc Kleine-Budde | Industrial Linux Solutions | Phone: +49-231-2826-924 | Vertretung West/Dortmund | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | http://www.pengutronix.de | -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 261 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: