Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm: Clean up linker script using new linker script macros.

[Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 11:39:25PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 05:25:35PM -0400, Tim Abbott wrote:
> > From: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@ksplice.com>
> > 
> > This patch is mostly a straightforward translation. The primary side
> > effect to the resulting vmlinux should be to increase the alignment on
> > the initramfs to the standard PAGE_SIZE from 32 bytes.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@ksplice.com>
> > Cc: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
> > Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S |   75 +++++++++++-----------------------------
> >  1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
> > 
> >  
> > -	.bss : {
> > -		__bss_start = .;	/* BSS				*/
> > -		*(.bss)
> > -		*(COMMON)
> > -		__bss_stop = .;
> > -		_end = .;
> 
> Where is _end in the new layout?
> I think we lost it.

You're right - this will cause a build failure since _end is used in
several core ARM files.  Tim?

PS, please ensure that all patches are at the very least build tested,
or say when they aren't.