What about placing the jump instruction just after reserved space, like this
.text
/*
* Reserved space for exception handlers.
* Necessary for machines which link their kernels at KSEG0.
*/
.fill 0x400
/*
* Reserved space for exception handlers.
* Necessary for machines which link their kernels at KSEG0.
*/
.fill 0x400
/* The following two symbols are used for kernel profiling. */
EXPORT(stext)
EXPORT(_stext)
=> j kernel_entry
__INIT
I disassembled vmlinux binary and now jump instruction is placed after reserved space
On 12/30/05, Thiemo Seufer <ths@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Adil Hafeez wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> Here is the patch.
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/head.S b/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
> index eebdaa2..a5e6d4e 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/mips/kernel/head.S
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
> #include <asm/mipsregs.h>
> #include <asm/stackframe.h>
>
> + j kernel_entry
> .text
> /*
> * Reserved space for exception handlers.
But certainly not _before_ .text. Also, it shouldn't move the reserved
space, it would need "align" instead of "space" afterwards.
Thiemo
