Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:19:13 +0200 | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 01/10] x86/iommu: Add IOMMU_INIT macros, .iommu_table section, and iommu_table_entry structure. |
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> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > index d0bb522..b92e040 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S > @@ -260,6 +260,13 @@ SECTIONS > *(.altinstr_replacement) > } > > + .iommu_table : AT(ADDR(.iommu_table) - LOAD_OFFSET) { > + __iommu_table = .; > + *(.iommu_table) > + . = ALIGN(8); > + __iommu_table_end = .; > + } > +
So we have yet another magic section in vmlinux.lds.S A nice comemnt that expalins what this is used for and why it is discardable etc. would be nice.
Lots of magic sections in same file miss this, but thats not an example to follwow.
Sam
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