[syslinux:pathbased] core: move aligned segments earlier
syslinux-bot for H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Wed Feb 24 11:18:17 PST 2010
Commit-ID: a2656772d030444ee1e2bdd289d3726edcf2d741
Gitweb: http://syslinux.zytor.com/commit/a2656772d030444ee1e2bdd289d3726edcf2d741
Author: H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:14:04 -0800
Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
CommitDate: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:14:04 -0800
core: move aligned segments earlier
Move the aligned segments downward, to provide for the largest
possible contiguous lowmem heap. This minimizes the necessary lowmem
footprint. (Note: the heap doesn't actually need to be contiguous,
but having it not be makes it harder to size.)
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com>
---
core/syslinux.ld | 35 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------
1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/core/syslinux.ld b/core/syslinux.ld
index 6c7cd97..fd5c5fe 100644
--- a/core/syslinux.ld
+++ b/core/syslinux.ld
@@ -196,8 +196,24 @@ SECTIONS
__assert_end16 = ASSERT(_end16 <= 0x10000, "64K overflow");
/*
- * The auxilliary data segment is allowed to spill out of the
- * low 64K.
+ * Special 16-bit segments
+ */
+
+ . = ALIGN(65536);
+ .real_mode (NOLOAD) : {
+ *(.real_mode)
+ }
+ real_mode_seg = core_real_mode >> 4;
+
+ . = ALIGN(65536);
+ .xfer_buf (NOLOAD) : {
+ *(.xfer_buf)
+ }
+ xfer_buf_seg = core_xfer_buf >> 4;
+
+ /*
+ * The auxilliary data segment is used by the 16-bit code
+ * for items that don't need to live in the bottom 64K.
*/
. = ALIGN(16);
@@ -226,21 +242,6 @@ SECTIONS
__high_clear_len = __high_clear_end - __high_clear_start;
__high_clear_dwords = (__high_clear_len + 3) >> 2;
- /*
- * Special 16-bit segments
- */
- . = ALIGN(65536);
- .real_mode (NOLOAD) : {
- *(.real_mode)
- }
- real_mode_seg = core_real_mode >> 4;
-
- . = ALIGN(65536);
- .xfer_buf (NOLOAD) : {
- *(.xfer_buf)
- }
- xfer_buf_seg = core_xfer_buf >> 4;
-
/* Start of the lowmem heap */
__lowmem_heap = .;
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