On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 01:27:35PM -0800, Marc St-Jean wrote: > I thought without the .fill that the kernel_entry function would be at > the start of text. Apparently not, a quick test shows a crash with both > the jal and .fill removed. kernel_entry is __INIT so will actually end near the end of the the executable. That's why the j kernel_entry is needed at all. Ralf