From: Fuxin Zhang <fxzhang@ict.ac.cn>
To: ik@cyberspace.org
Cc: kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: is there any docs/manuals for linker scripts symbols
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 10:01:25 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3EF90275.2050903@ict.ac.cn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.96.1030624055005.4605A-100000@grex.cyberspace.org>
info ld give much more information than man ld.
for those symbols,you need to learn something about ELF file format
(its concept of sections)
ik@cyberspace.org wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Is there any documentation for the symbols in the ld.script linker
>scripts for the linux kernel.
>
>I'm porting Linux kernel to a mips board for which I need to understand
>the various symbols used in the kernel.
>
>For example what is the use of the following symbols
>`__init_begin'
>`__init_end'
>`__initcall_start
>`__initcall_end'
>`_ftext'
>`__setup_start'
>`__setup_end'
>
>I'm not good in these linker scripts... any help pointers would be of
>great help to me ! (I'm referrring gnu ld manual pages ... still have a
>long way to go :(
>
>Thanks in advance !
>Indu
>
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-06-25 2:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-06-24 10:00 is there any docs/manuals for linker scripts symbols ik
2003-06-24 10:00 ` ik
2003-06-24 12:00 ` Ralf Baechle
2003-06-25 12:01 ` ik
2003-06-25 12:01 ` ik
2003-06-25 12:18 ` Ralf Baechle
2003-07-01 12:39 ` ik
2003-07-01 12:39 ` ik
2003-06-25 2:01 ` Fuxin Zhang [this message]
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