kernel sections

[Fukuda]

Here is my linker script:

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SECTIONS
{
  .text 0x9000 : {
    StartOfTEXTSection = .; _StartOfTEXTSection = .; __StartOfTEXTSection = .;
    code = .; _code = .; __code = .;
    *(.text)
    . = ALIGN(512);
    EndOfTEXTSection = .; _EndOfTEXTSection = .; __EndOfTEXTSection = .;
  }
  .data  : {
    StartOfDATASection = .; _StartOfDATASection = .; __StartOfDATASection = .;
    data = .; _data = .; __data = .;
    *(.data)
    . = ALIGN(512);
    EndOfDATASection = .; _EndOfDATASection = .; __EndOfDATASection = .;
  }
  .bss  :  {
    StartOfBSSSection = .; _StartOfBSSSection = .; __StartOfBSSSection = .;
    bss = .; _bss = .; __bss = .;
    *(.bss)
    . = ALIGN(512);
    EndOfBSSSection = .; _EndOfBSSSection = .; __EndOfBSSSection = .;
  }
  end = .; _end = .; __end = .;
  EndOfKernel = .; _EndOfKernel = .; __EndOfKernel = .;
}

and in my kernel, I print out the section start and end point location. Here is the results:

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Text Section    : 9000 - CA00
Data Section    : CA00 - CC00
Bss Section     : CC00 - 10E00

Kernel End      : 10FF0

What locates between 'Kernel End' point (10FF0) and 'End of Bss section'(10E00)?
And I get the end of kernel with EndOfKernel symbol, how can I get the start point of kernel?
And as a last question, are these sections lies in binary file as the order I put?(text, data, bss..)Or is there any order of sections?(First section must be text, than data...)

[Fukuda]

No answer or am I not clear??

[Curufir]

Symbol table?

[Therx]

Not sure about this but it may be that you have some stuff at the beginning of assembly files which is not in a section so is just stuck at the end. I don't think think the order matters but if you are just loading a flat binary and jumping to it. (not using GRUB or a relocatable file format like ELF or COFF) then the entry point has to be at the beginning. Also remember things like the multiboot header have to be in the first 8kb

Pete

[fukuda]

Not satisfied :-\Any other answers ?

[df]

it could be anything from line numbering, debugging, string table, anything.

just do strip --strip-all {filename} if you get upset over it.