/* Tell the linker that we want an x86_64 ELF64 output file */ OUTPUT_FORMAT(elf64-x86-64) /* We want the symbol kmain to be our entry point */ ENTRY(kmain) /* Define the program headers we want so the bootloader gives us the right */ /* MMU permissions; this also allows us to exert more control over the linking */ /* process. */ PHDRS { text PT_LOAD; rodata PT_LOAD; data PT_LOAD; } SECTIONS { /* We want to be placed in the topmost 2GiB of the address space, for optimisations */ /* and because that is what the Limine spec mandates. */ /* Any address in this region will do, but often 0xffffffff80000000 is chosen as */ /* that is the beginning of the region. */ . = 0xffffffff80000000; .text : { *(.text .text.*) } :text /* Move to the next memory page for .rodata */ . = ALIGN(CONSTANT(MAXPAGESIZE)); .rodata : { *(.rodata .rodata.*) } :rodata /* Move to the next memory page for .data */ . = ALIGN(CONSTANT(MAXPAGESIZE)); .data : { *(.data .data.*) /* Place the sections that contain the Limine requests as part of the .data */ /* output section. */ KEEP(*(.requests_start_marker)) KEEP(*(.requests)) KEEP(*(.requests_end_marker)) } :data /* NOTE: .bss needs to be the last thing mapped to :data, otherwise lots of */ /* unnecessary zeros will be written to the binary. */ /* If you need, for example, .init_array and .fini_array, those should be placed */ /* above this. */ .bss : { *(.bss .bss.*) *(COMMON) } :data /* Discard .note.* and .eh_frame* since they may cause issues on some hosts. */ /DISCARD/ : { *(.eh_frame*) *(.note .note.*) } }