Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 24 Feb 2008 18:15:52 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [Q] x86 - boot/header.S |
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Cyrill Gorcunov wrote: > Hi Peter, Sam, > > could you take a look on x86/boot/header.S:280 please? > > # Zero the bss > movw $__bss_start, %di > movw $_end+3, %cx > xorl %eax, %eax > subw %di, %cx > shrw $2, %cx > rep; stosl > > I wonder why is $_end there instead of $__bss_stop? > Well, accroding to vmlinux_32.lsd both _end and __bss_stop > are the same BUT __bss_stop is more convenient methink. > Would it be usefull to change?
x86/boot/header.S goes with x86/boot/setup.ld and no other linker script.
-hpa
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