Re: "m68k: Cleanup linker scripts using new linker script macros." and old binutils (was: Re: [PATCH] m68k: Atari EtherNAT - Nicolas Pitre has a new email address)

From: Andreas Schwab
Date: Sun Jan 10 2010 - 15:29:35 EST

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Michael Schmitz <schmitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> And indeed, the old script places the init task data between .init_end and _end.

This is exactly your problem. The bootloader puts the bootinfo
structure at _end, and the kernel reads it from there. But in your
non-working kernel that overlaps the init task structure.

Andreas.

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