On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 10:48:16AM -0700, Anupam Kapoor wrote: > hi all, > > on x86 the kernel occupies address in the range 0xc0000000 - > 0xffffffff. right ? > > now, when we compile the kernel, _how_ do we ensure that all the > exported symbols fall into the above address range ? I think the linker script (arch/i386/vmlinux.lds) handles this for us. stephen -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/