On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 14:44 -0700, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > Eric W. Biederman wrote: > > Not really no. > > So my experience has been that for the kernel case it is easier to generate > > nodes by hand in assembly then to get binutils to help me :( > > > > I'm using this: > > #define NOTE(name, type, desc) \ > .align 4; \ > .long 2f - 1f; /* namesz */ \ > .long 4f - 3f; /* descsz */ \ > .long type; \ > 1: .asciz name; \ > 2: .align 4; \ > 3: desc; \ > 4: > > to actually generate the notes in a .note.xen section, but then I need > to do something to make ld actually create a PT_NOTE segment from this. > I haven't tried linking it yet, but I assume there's no magic default... Yeah, it's a real pain. :( You could try adapting arch/powerpc/boot/addnote.c as a starting point. -- Hollis Blanchard IBM Linux Technology Center
