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Diffstat (limited to 'usr/initramfs_data.gz.S')
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diff --git a/usr/initramfs_data.gz.S b/usr/initramfs_data.gz.S new file mode 100644 index 0000000..890c8dd --- /dev/null +++ b/usr/initramfs_data.gz.S @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +/* + initramfs_data includes the compressed binary that is the + filesystem used for early user space. + Note: Older versions of "as" (prior to binutils 2.11.90.0.23 + released on 2001-07-14) dit not support .incbin. + If you are forced to use older binutils than that then the + following trick can be applied to create the resulting binary: + + + ld -m elf_i386 --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -r \ + -T initramfs_data.scr initramfs_data.cpio.gz -o initramfs_data.o + ld -m elf_i386 -r -o built-in.o initramfs_data.o + + initramfs_data.scr looks like this: +SECTIONS +{ + .init.ramfs : { *(.data) } +} + + The above example is for i386 - the parameters vary from architectures. + Eventually look up LDFLAGS_BLOB in an older version of the + arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile to see the flags used before .incbin was introduced. + + Using .incbin has the advantage over ld that the correct flags are set + in the ELF header, as required by certain architectures. +*/ + +.section .init.ramfs,"a" +.incbin "usr/initramfs_data.cpio.gz" |