On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Chris Brandt wrote:

On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

quoted

The __data_loc symbol doesn't convey much to say with regards to XIP
mapping.  It would be better to dedicate another symbol with a proper
name instead.  Something like xiprom_start and xiprom_end perhaps.  
This way, someone looking at the linker script won't be fooled by a
hidden meaning tied to _etext or __data_loc.

That's fine by me.


However, I just saw the email "[PATCH] ARM: vmlinux.lds: assert that 
ROM and RAM don't overlap when XIP_KERNEL=y" sent in a little while 
ago.

So, do we first want to reconsider splitting out the XIP stuff into a 
separate linker script? Hence my proposal form November "[PATCH v2] 
ARM: xip: Move XIP linking to a separate file".

Or, should we keep piling more stuff in vmlinux.lds.S?

I still think the split linker file is the way to go.


Nicolas