binutils 2.19 issue with kernel link

[Alan Modra]

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:27:26AM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> binutils-2.19		_end is what we expect
> binutils-2.19.1		_end is what we expect
> binutils-2.19.50.0.1	_end is what we expect
> binutils-2.19.51.0.1	_end is 00001000
>
> From the release notes:
>
> binutils-2.19.50.0.1 is based on CVS binutils 2008 1007
> binutils-2.19.51.0.1 is based on CVS binutils 2009 0106

Yes, I already have good reason to suspect this patch

2008-10-22  Alan Modra  <amodra at bigpond.net.au>

	* ldlang.c (lang_output_section_find_by_flags): Handle non-alloc
	sections.
	* emultempl/elf32.em (enum orphan_save_index): Add orphan_nonalloc.
	(hold): Likewise.
	(gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Handle non-alloc orphans.

causes the change in linker behaviour.  Did you try the patch I posted?

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Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM