From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@mailshack.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86 new setup: use appropriate sections for code and data
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 10:05:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <464C8B60.5040109@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070517112553.GA12901@mailshack.com>
Alexander van Heukelum wrote:
> An intermediate elf file is generated for the 16-bit setup code.
> The generated code can be viewed using objdump -m i8086 -d. As it
> stands, it also tries to disassemble the bugger_off_msg, which
> results in garbage. This introduces two new sections to separate
> the code and the data part of the bootsector stub. It also moves
> some code from the .header section (a data section) to .inittext.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@mailshack.com>
> ---
>
> Hi,
>
> I hope the new section names are ok? Alternatives would be
> .bstext/.bsdata or .floppytext/.floppydata.
I'd prefer .bstext or .bs_text and .bsdata/.bs_data; possibly .bsecttext
and .bsectdata. The term "boot sector" for that particular piece of
code is firmly established.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-05-17 17:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-05-17 11:25 [PATCH] x86 new setup: use appropriate sections for code and data Alexander van Heukelum
2007-05-17 17:05 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2007-05-17 18:54 ` Alexander van Heukelum
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