[PATCH v4] ARM: xip: Use correct symbol for end of ROM marker

[Chris Brandt]

On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

> The __data_loc symbol doesn't convey much to say with regards to XIP
> mapping.  It would be better to dedicate another symbol with a proper
> name instead.  Something like xiprom_start and xiprom_end perhaps.  
> This way, someone looking at the linker script won't be fooled by a
> hidden meaning tied to _etext or __data_loc.

That's fine by me.


However, I just saw the email "[PATCH] ARM: vmlinux.lds: assert that ROM and RAM don't overlap when XIP_KERNEL=y" sent in a little while ago.

So, do we first want to reconsider splitting out the XIP stuff into a separate linker script? Hence my proposal form November "[PATCH v2] ARM: xip: Move XIP linking to a separate file".

Or, should we keep piling more stuff in vmlinux.lds.S?


Chris