From 72bf0bce411d9df0935eb77256604212de8f89cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Pitre Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 22:25:26 -0400 Subject: ARM: zImage: ensure it is always a multiple of 64 bits in size This is needed for proper alignment when the DTB appending feature is used. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Acked-by: Tony Lindgren Tested-by: Shawn Guo Tested-by: Dave Martin Tested-by: Thomas Abraham --- arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'arch/arm') diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in index 4e728834a1b9..4919f2ac8b89 100644 --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in @@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ SECTIONS _got_start = .; .got : { *(.got) } _got_end = .; + + /* ensure the zImage file size is always a multiple of 64 bits */ + /* (without a dummy byte, ld just ignores the empty section) */ + .pad : { BYTE(0); . = ALIGN(8); } _edata = .; . = BSS_START; -- cgit v1.2.2