With CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION we must keep the .init.setup section or we'll throw away support for kernel parameters. Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx> --- include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h index b648d97..06673d6 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h @@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ #define INIT_SETUP(initsetup_align) \ . = ALIGN(initsetup_align); \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__setup_start) = .; \ - *(.init.setup) \ + KEEP(*(.init.setup)) \ VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__setup_end) = .; #define INIT_CALLS_LEVEL(level) \ -- 2.10.0