binutils 2.19 issue with kernel link

[Kumar Gala]

Alan,

We are seeing an issue w/ld and kernel linking of 32-bit kernels.

The ld from fedora 11 (2.19.51.0.2-17.fc11 20090204) ends not  
providing the proper address for _end.

Building stock v2.6.30 w/the mpc85xx_defconfig we get:

00001000 A _end

Using 2.18.50.20080215 we get:

c0680000 A _end

If we modify the linker script:

       _end2 = .;
       _end3 = ALIGN(4096);
       _end4 = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
       . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
       _end = . ;
       PROVIDE32 (end = .);

and the result is:

00001000 A _end
c067f678 A _end2
c0680000 A _end3
c0680000 A _end4

I used an old version of linker (2.18.50.20080215) and re-linked:

c067f678 A _end2
c0680000 A _end
c0680000 A _end3
c0680000 A _end4

Any ideas?

- k