Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:23:55 -0700 | From | Yinghai Lu <> | Subject | Re: Absolute symbols in vmlinux_64.lds.S |
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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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