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From: Jun Sun <jsun@mvista.com>
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Subject: What is .MIPS.options ELF section?
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I started to play with the new N32/N64 toolchains.  I notice a new
section is generated for kernel, called .MIPS.options.  (it actually
causes some grief for some firmware)

Can someone enlighten me a little bit on what it is? 


Jun