binutils 2.19 issue with kernel link

[Kumar Gala]

On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Alan Modra wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 02:31:53PM -0500, Edmar Wienskoski-RA8797  
> wrote:
>> I understand your arguments, but there is something inconsistent  
>> about this.
>> If I change the script to be:
>>       _end3 = . ;
>>       . = _end3;
>>       . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
>>       _end = . ;
>>       PROVIDE32 (end = .);
>> }
>> The result is corrected:
>> c067f678 A _end3
>> c0680000 A _end
>>
>> Why the apuinfo section with zero VMA sometimes interfere with "."  
>> and
>> sometimes not ?
>
> I said it was weird in my last email.  Not so.  The orphan gets placed
> between
>
>       _end3 = . ;
>       . = _end3;
>
> So dot is restored after the orphan section sets it.

This seems to be a bit of a chick and egg scenario.  Older kernel  
linker scripts aren't going to cover all sections and thus may have  
orphan sections.  How do we ensure _end can be set properly under such  
conditions?

- k