Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:36:35 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Add back _end symbol that is missing from Symbol.map |
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On 11/08/2009 03:38 AM, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > I'm afraid this will break a RELOCTABLE i386 kernel. > > We fixed this up some time ago where we had to > move the symbol definition inside a section > to prevent the symbol being absolute. >
It's also possible to have a whitelist of "known relative" symbols in reloc.c, just as we have a blacklist of "known absolute" symbols.
-hpa
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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