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From: Bodo Eggert <harvested.in.lkml@7eggert.dyndns.org>
Subject: Re: Linker Problem
To: Sreeni <sreeni.pulichi@gmail.com>, linux-os@analogic.com,
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Sreeni <sreeni.pulichi@gmail.com> wrote:

> My static kernel module demands the text/data to be placed at an
> absolute address.

This is a bug. Look at other drivers (e.g. drivers/video/hgafb.c)
on how to do that correctly.

Hint: This driver accesses 0x8000 bytes of memory starting at 0xb0000.

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