[PATCH 1/5] arm64: Fix __data_loc value

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Fri Dec 13 12:46:47 EST 2013


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 08:39:45PM +0000, Geoff Levand wrote:
> The __data_loc variable should be set to the VMA of the data section, not
> the LMA.
> 
> At present LOAD_OFFSET is not set and defaults to zero, so this bug
> does not cause any problems.

Why does ARM64 have this in the first place?  __data_loc is used for
XIP support on ARM, does ARM64 have XIP support?



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