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

[Nicolas Pitre]

On Mon, 1 Feb 2016, Chris Brandt wrote:

> 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?

I still think the split linker file is the way to go.


Nicolas