Re: [PATCH 4/5] Relocation support

2008-08-13 Thread Mohan Kumar M
Paul Mackerras wrote: Mohan Kumar M writes: Hi Paul, Thanks for your comments. I will update the patches as per your comment and will give a detailed description for each patch. Regards, Mohan. static inline int in_kernel_text(unsigned long addr) { - if (addr >= (unsigned long

Re: [PATCH 4/5] Relocation support

2008-08-12 Thread Paul Mackerras
Mohan Kumar M writes: > Add relocatable kernel support like avoiding copying the vmlinux > image to compile address, adding relocation delta to the absolute > symbol references etc. ld does not provide relocation entries for > .got section, and the user space relocation extraction program > can no

[PATCH 4/5] Relocation support

2008-08-12 Thread Mohan Kumar M
Relocation support Add relocatable kernel support like avoiding copying the vmlinux image to compile address, adding relocation delta to the absolute symbol references etc. ld does not provide relocation entries for .got section, and the user space relocation extraction program can not process @go

[PATCH 4/5] Relocation support

2008-08-11 Thread Mohan Kumar M
Relocation support Add relocatable kernel support like avoiding copying the vmlinux image to compile address, adding relocation delta to the absolute symbol references etc. ld does not provide relocation entries for .got section, and the user space relocation extraction program can not process @go