On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 2:30 AM, Matt Thomas <m...@3am-software.com> wrote: > >> On Nov 7, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Masao Uebayashi <uebay...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Matt Thomas <m...@3am-software.com> wrote: >>> linker scripts aren't used when doing -r. >> >> Not used implicitly. You can explicitly specify one. >> >> (I didn't know this fact one week ago. I understand your feeling.) > > Again, why? the final linker script is the important one. Using one with > doesn't really do anything significant.
MD linkage is important for MD loaders. MI linkage (e.g. .data alignment) is important for all kernels. They can be done at different phases.
