Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
> |
> | diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
> | index 0d26c92..27c168d 100644
> | --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
> | +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.S
> | @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ SECTIONS
> | *(.data.*)
> | _edata = . ;
> | }
> | + . = ALIGN(32);
> | .bss : {
> | _bss = . ;
> | *(.bss)
> | --
> | 1.6.0.6
> |
>
> Hi Peter, should not it be ALIGN(8) rather? I thought
> we keep these sections as tight as possible in a sake
> of limitation of setup code size. Perhaps I miss something.
>
This isn't the setup code at all. This is the actual kernel, although
in its compressed form. Furthermore, this is the bss, so it doesn't
affect the compressed image size.
-hpa
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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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