Re: is there any docs/manuals for linker scripts symbols

[Fuxin Zhang <fxzhang@ict.ac.cn>]

info ld give much more information than man ld.

for those symbols,you need to learn something about ELF file format
(its concept of sections)

ik@cyberspace.org wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Is there any documentation for the symbols in the ld.script linker
> scripts for the linux kernel. 
>
> I'm porting Linux kernel to a mips board for which I need to understand
> the various symbols used in the kernel.
>
> For example what is the use of the following symbols
> `__init_begin'
> `__init_end'
> `__initcall_start
> `__initcall_end'
> `_ftext'
> `__setup_start'
> `__setup_end'
>
> I'm not good in these linker scripts... any help pointers would be of
> great help to me ! (I'm referrring gnu ld  manual pages ... still have a
> long way to go :(
>
> Thanks in advance !
> Indu
>
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