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To: jeff <jeff_lee@coventive.com>
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Subject: Re: Kernel 2.4.20
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jeff wrote:
> Dear Thiemo,
>     Thanks for your quickly response.
> I try to modify the /arch/mips/ld.script.in or /arch/mips/kernel/head.S

This won't help. The entry address is where the linker happens to
place the entry function. It may vary even for slight differences
in Kernel compilation.

> but still can't work (entry is changed but kernel can't work).

What does "can't work" mean? What happens exactly?

What sort of bootloader are you using? Normally it is able to
handle ELF properly, which makes this thing work automatically.

> Do I make any mistake?

Sounds so.


Thiemo