Without this generated image is weired, and cannot be loaded. Index: arch/mips64/vmlinux.lds.S =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/linux/arch/mips64/vmlinux.lds.S,v retrieving revision 1.11 diff -u -r1.11 vmlinux.lds.S --- arch/mips64/vmlinux.lds.S 3 Jun 2003 17:04:11 -0000 1.11 +++ arch/mips64/vmlinux.lds.S 4 Jun 2003 04:18:05 -0000 @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ __kallsyms : { *(__kallsyms) } __stop___kallsyms = .; + RODATA . = ALIGN(64); /* writeable */