On 2015-11-19 15:24, Chris Brandt wrote: > When building an XIP kernel, the linker script needs to be much different > than a conventional kernel's script. Over time, it's been difficult to > maintain both XIP and non-XIP layouts in one linker script. Therefore, > this patch separates the two procedures into two completely different > files. > > The new linker script is essentially a straight copy of the current script > with all the non-CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL portions removed. > > Additionally, all CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL portions have been removed from the > existing linker script...never to return again. > > From now on, for any architecture, when CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL is enabled, you > must provide a vmlinux-xip.lds.S for the build process. Why not have a vmlinux.lds.S and #include a vmlinux-xip.lds.S / vmlinux-nonxip.lds.S from there? That way, you do not clutter the main Makefile and you can reuse the boilerplate of the linker script. Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
