From: Jeff Dike During a static link, ld has started putting a .note section in the .uml.setup.init section. This has the result that the UML setups begin with 32 bytes of garbage and UML crashes immediately on boot. This patch creates a specific .note section for ld to drop this stuff into. Signed-off-by: Jeff Dike Cc: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- include/asm-um/common.lds.S | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN include/asm-um/common.lds.S~uml-fix-static-linking include/asm-um/common.lds.S --- a/include/asm-um/common.lds.S~uml-fix-static-linking +++ a/include/asm-um/common.lds.S @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ PROVIDE (_unprotected_end = .); . = ALIGN(4096); + .note : { *(note.*) } __start___ex_table = .; __ex_table : { *(__ex_table) } __stop___ex_table = .; _