Adil Hafeez wrote: > 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 > > /* 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 This only works iff the fill is done with NOPs. On a more general note, it is usually considered to be the bootloader's job to find the correct entry, not the kernel's one. Thiemo
