Hi Arun,

Thanks for your response.

I will elaborate my question.Assume I have test.c file, I compiled test.c and generated the a.out ( Executable for linux ), when I do objdump of a.out, we can see addresses( virtual address ) associated with each instruction, these instructions are generated by whom?

Thanks

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Arun Sudhilal <getarunks@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Madhu,

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 10:36 AM, Madhu K <madhu.sk89@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> This is to understand the Virtual address space.Basically who generates the
> virtual addresses CPU or GNU compiler?

I didn't really get your question.

Linux kernel starts at a fixed location in virtual space. This is
called PAGE_OFFSET. On a kernel split of 3GB/1GB, 32 system, its is
0xC000_0000. You can have a look at system.map file after compiling
your kernel.
When cpu runs with MMU on, your cpu generates virtual address.

Regards,
Arun

>
> Thanks
> Madhu
>
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