Re: [PATCH] x86_64: Some vmlinux.lds.S cleanups

[Jan Beulich]

>>> Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> 26.10.06 15:44 >>>
>On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 08:08:21AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> I was about to ack it when I saw that you left .bss in init - that doesn't seem
>> too good an idea... Jan
>> 
>
>Should I create a separate program header say "bss" for .bss section? Last
>time when I suggested it you said there is no need to create a separate
>program header for bss.

No, I continue to think .bss naturally belongs at the end of the data segment.

>More program headers we create, we need to make sure that they are on page
>size boundaries so that kexec on vmlinux does not break.

Jan
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