Re: binutils 2.19 issue with kernel link

[Kumar Gala]

On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Alan Modra wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 02:31:53PM -0500, Edmar Wienskoski-RA8797  
> wrote:
> > I understand your arguments, but there is something inconsistent  
> > about this.
> > If I change the script to be:
> >       _end3 = . ;
> >       . = _end3;
> >       . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
> >       _end = . ;
> >       PROVIDE32 (end = .);
> > }
> > The result is corrected:
> > c067f678 A _end3
> > c0680000 A _end
> >
> > Why the apuinfo section with zero VMA sometimes interfere with "."  
> > and
> > sometimes not ?
>
> I said it was weird in my last email.  Not so.  The orphan gets placed
> between
>
>       _end3 = . ;
>       . = _end3;
>
> So dot is restored after the orphan section sets it.

This seems to be a bit of a chick and egg scenario.  Older kernel  
linker scripts aren't going to cover all sections and thus may have  
orphan sections.  How do we ensure _end can be set properly under such  
conditions?

- k