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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
>
>
>
>
>  
>

      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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