Re: kernel_entry up front

[Will Newton]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 5:08 AM, Luke -Jr <luke@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I need to get kernel_entry to the lowest memory region in the binary. This is
> because a platform I am porting to does not support ELF, and always begins
> execution at the first word of the firmware image. Alternatively, if there is
> a simpler way to prepend the image with a jump to the kernel_entry symbol,
> that could work as well.

The easiest way to do this is to put your entry point in a named
section (for example .text.head) then edit vmlinux.lds.S to put that
section at the correct place in your kernel image.
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