ENTRY(start) /* Kernel starts at "start" symbol. */
SECTIONS
{
- /* Specifies the virtual address for the kernel base. */
- . = LOADER_PHYS_BASE + LOADER_KERN_BASE;
+ /* Specify the kernel base address. */
+ _start = LOADER_PHYS_BASE + LOADER_KERN_BASE;
- _start = .;
+ /* Make room for the ELF headers. */
+ . = _start + SIZEOF_HEADERS;
/* Kernel starts with code, followed by read-only data and writable data. */
.text : { *(.start) *(.text) } = 0x90
.rodata : { *(.rodata) *(.rodata.*)
. = ALIGN(0x1000);
_end_kernel_text = .; }
- .data : { *(.data) }
+ .data : { *(.data)
+ _signature = .; LONG(0xaa55aa55) }
/* BSS (zero-initialized data) is after everything else. */
_start_bss = .;
_end_bss = .;
_end = .;
+
+ ASSERT (_end - _start <= 512K, "Kernel image is too big.")
}