Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86: Add back _end symbol that is missing from Symbol.map

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On 11/08/2009 03:38 AM, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> 
> I'm afraid this will break a RELOCTABLE i386 kernel.
> 
> We fixed this up some time ago where we had to
> move the symbol definition inside a section
> to prevent the symbol being absolute.
> 

It's also possible to have a whitelist of "known relative" symbols in
reloc.c, just as we have a blacklist of "known absolute" symbols.

	-hpa

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