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SubjectRe: Absolute symbols in vmlinux_64.lds.S
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.

YH


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