Re: Absolute symbols in vmlinux_64.lds.S

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>> Why does vmlinux_64.lds.S use absolute symbols for things like
>> __bss_start/stop:
>> 
>>  __bss_start = .;        /* BSS */
>>  .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
>>     *(.bss.page_aligned)
>>     *(.bss)
>>     }
>>  __bss_stop = .;
>> 
>> 
>> vmlinux_32.lds.S puts __bss_start/stop into the .bss section itself.  Is
>> there some particular reason they need to be absolute symbols
>> (relocation?).
>> 
>
>they are the same.

Do you mean it makes no difference?

	J
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