On Sat, 2005-10-08 00:42:58 +0200, Paweł Sikora <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did somebody accidentally > > screw up some kernel code between 2.6.13 and 2.6.14? > > I think kernel elf loader doesn't handle binaries without .bss. > Earlier binutils (<2.16) emits zero-sized .data/.bss and problem > wasn't exposed. Modern binutils doesn't emit useless zero-sized > .data/.bss sections and kernel kills these binaries. I had this problem at some time, too. This was when I started to redo the uClibc port to vax-linux, which I started with a hand-crafted assembly file. It also crashed upon execution, though I was sure the program was technically okay. However, I haven't looked up any paper or standard to verify either position. So I don't know for *sure* if it's legal to omit these (empty) sections. MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw [email protected] . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O für einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));
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