From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:18:11 +0100 (BST) Received: from p508B6A7B.dip.t-dialin.net ([IPv6:::ffff:80.139.106.123]:21220 "EHLO dea.linux-mips.net") by linux-mips.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:18:09 +0100 Received: from dea.linux-mips.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h5PCI2DB012476; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:18:02 +0200 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by dea.linux-mips.net (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h5PCI1hn012469; Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:18:01 +0200 Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:18:01 +0200 From: Ralf Baechle To: ik@cyberspace.org Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: is there any docs/manuals for linker scripts symbols Message-ID: <20030625121801.GA11496@linux-mips.org> References: <20030624120017.GE4423@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 2703 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 08:01:24AM -0400, ik@cyberspace.org wrote: > My board has a boot loader (rom) that enforce/restricts the sections in > the elf header, hence I cannot use the default linker script that comes > wit the kernel(arch/mips/). Are you sure the loader actually looks at the sections? That seems plain wrong. Normally a loader should only look at all the PT_LOAD entries in the ELF program header table for loading. > I think your reply could be put as a howto/faqs in > http://www.linux-mips.org (for the global symbols > used in linux kernel). So many things that deserve some well written documentation - yet so little exists ... Ralf