Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 5 Jul 2009 00:37:17 +0900 | | From | Paul Mundt <> | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH] linker script: unify usage of discard definition |
On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 01:51:04AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 19:37, Tejun Heo wrote: > > +/* > > + * DISCARDS must be the last and archs which want some of the default > > + * discarded sections in the kernel image can do so by putting them in > > + * earlier section definition. > > + */ > > i would add to the comment that some people want to discard exit > text/data at runtime rather than link time due to cross-section > references such as alt instructions, bug table, eh_frame, etc... > > otherwise, looks good to me. thanks ! > > Acked-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Agreed, as this was a source of confusion initially it is certainly worth documenting the next time someone is scratching their head thinking about the variations ;-)
Acked-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
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