data_start, __data_start

[Ulrich Drepper]

Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> writes:

> This is more of a kernel issue than a binutils issue.  It is quite
> straightforward to add this symbol to a linker script, it just needs
> the official blessing of the Linux developers, plus making sure that
> all of the linker scripts involved do get updated.

The linker has no part in all this.  It's simply that the file to
generate crt1 on Alpha defines different symbols than the one of x86.
I've rectified this meanwhile.

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