relocatable modules' symbols

[Arun KS]

Hi Horseriver,

On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 7:26 AM, horseriver <horserivers at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2013 at 04:00:37PM +0700, Mulyadi Santosa wrote:
>> On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 6:45 AM, horseriver <horserivers at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > hi:
>> >
>> >   I have built vmlinux at the top dir of kernel source ,then I use objdump to look into
>> >   its section information.I find the statup_32 which is the start routine of kernel ,
>> >   locats at 0xc0100000. I know the 0x100000 is the defined address for locating
>> >   protect-mode code .But which I can not understand is the 0xc prefix .where does it come from?
>>
>> If my guess is right, that's because kernel mode code start at
>> 0xc000000 a.k.a a bit above 3 GiB on x86 32 bit machine
>
>   I have find this answer .
>   It is defined in lds script file .
>
> here is the code :
>   SECTIONS
>   {
>   . = 0xC0000000 + 0x100000;
>   /* read-only */
>   _text = .;            /* Text and read-only data */
>
>
>   why use 0xC0000000 as its start ? why not  just  use 0x100000 only ?
>   if use 0xC0000000,every linked symbole will be prefixed by 0xc , what is the purpose ?

Usually, user kernel space split is 3G:1G.
ie 1G for kernel space. And this starts from 0xC000_0000 till 0xFFFF_FFFF

All the address below 0xC000_0000(ie 3G from 0x0 to 0xBFFF_FFFF) is
used for user space.

Thanks,
Arun
>
> thanks!
>
>
>
> --
>> regards,
>>
>> Mulyadi Santosa
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>>
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