From: "Valdis Klētnieks" <valdis.kletnieks@vt.edu>
To: William Tambe <tambewilliam@gmail.com>
Cc: Kernel Newbies <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org>
Subject: Re: make vmlinux .bss PROGBITS
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:11:05 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <123123.1602007865@turing-police> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAF8i9mPK0ZUe_tkWPpbXNqJbZWtMpxHM4C0wxJYaohcWRe7K=Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 06 Oct 2020 08:17:44 -0500, William Tambe said:
> How can I modify Makefile such that when vmlinux is created, following
> command is run on vmlinux to make section .bss PROGBITS:
> objcopy --set-section-flags .bss=alloc,load,contents
Remember - vmlinux isn't going to be loaded by the userspace loader,
but rather by a bootstrap loader. So those flags probably don't actually
do what you think they do.
For that matter, what *do* you think they do, and what problem are you
trying to solve with them?
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-06 13:17 make vmlinux .bss PROGBITS William Tambe
2020-10-06 18:11 ` Valdis Klētnieks [this message]
2020-10-06 18:56 ` William Tambe
2020-10-06 23:52 ` Valdis Klētnieks
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