6 files changed, 24 insertions, 28 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
index 0e3df1f55feb..12febfe43de6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -48,20 +48,17 @@
 	mtspr	SPRN_DBAT##n##L,RB;	\
 1:
 
-	.text
+	.section	.text.head, "ax"
 	.stabs	"arch/powerpc/kernel/",N_SO,0,0,0f
 	.stabs	"head_32.S",N_SO,0,0,0f
 0:
-	.globl	_stext
-_stext:
+_ENTRY(_stext);
 
 /*
  * _start is defined this way because the XCOFF loader in the OpenFirmware
  * on the powermac expects the entry point to be a procedure descriptor.
  */
-	.text
-	.globl	_start
-_start:
+_ENTRY(_start);
 	/*
 	 * These are here for legacy reasons, the kernel used to
 	 * need to look like a coff function entry for the pmac
@@ -841,7 +838,7 @@ relocate_kernel:
  * r3 = dest addr, r4 = source addr, r5 = copy limit, r6 = start offset
  * on exit, r3, r4, r5 are unchanged, r6 is updated to be >= r5.
  */
-_GLOBAL(copy_and_flush)
+_ENTRY(copy_and_flush)
 	addi	r5,r5,-4
 	addi	r6,r6,-4
 4:	li	r0,L1_CACHE_BYTES/4
@@ -954,9 +951,9 @@ __secondary_start:
  * included in CONFIG_6xx
  */
 #if !defined(CONFIG_6xx)
-_GLOBAL(__save_cpu_setup)
+_ENTRY(__save_cpu_setup)
 	blr
-_GLOBAL(__restore_cpu_setup)
+_ENTRY(__restore_cpu_setup)
 	blr
 #endif /* !defined(CONFIG_6xx) */
 
@@ -1080,7 +1077,7 @@ start_here:
 /*
  * Set up the segment registers for a new context.
  */
-_GLOBAL(set_context)
+_ENTRY(set_context)
 	mulli	r3,r3,897	/* multiply context by skew factor */
 	rlwinm	r3,r3,4,8,27	/* VSID = (context & 0xfffff) << 4 */
 	addis	r3,r3,0x6000	/* Set Ks, Ku bits */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
index a8e045773a92..00bdb6d1c724 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
  *
  * This is all going to change RSN when we add bi_recs.......  -- Dan
  */
-	.text
-_GLOBAL(_stext)
-_GLOBAL(_start)
+	.section	.text.head, "ax"
+_ENTRY(_stext);
+_ENTRY(_start);
 
 	/* Save parameters we are passed.
 	*/
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ turn_on_mmu:
  */
 	. = 0xc0
 crit_save:
-_GLOBAL(crit_r10)
+_ENTRY(crit_r10)
 	.space	4
-_GLOBAL(crit_r11)
+_ENTRY(crit_r11)
 	.space	4
 
 /*
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ finish_tlb_load:
  * The PowerPC 4xx family of processors do not have an FPU, so this just
  * returns.
  */
-_GLOBAL(giveup_fpu)
+_ENTRY(giveup_fpu)
 	blr
 
 /* This is where the main kernel code starts.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
index e26d26e31813..a3dc0e4d0456 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@
  *   r7 - End of kernel command line string
  *
  */
-	.text
-_GLOBAL(_stext)
-_GLOBAL(_start)
+	.section	.text.head, "ax"
+_ENTRY(_stext);
+_ENTRY(_start);
 	/*
 	 * Reserve a word at a fixed location to store the address
 	 * of abatron_pteptrs
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
index 901be47a02a9..a6ecdd643167 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_8xx.S
@@ -38,12 +38,9 @@
 #else
 #define DO_8xx_CPU6(val, reg)
 #endif
-	.text
-	.globl	_stext
-_stext:
-	.text
-	.globl	_start
-_start:
+	.section	.text.head, "ax"
+_ENTRY(_stext);
+_ENTRY(_start);
 
 /* MPC8xx
  * This port was done on an MBX board with an 860.  Right now I only
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
index 1f155d399d57..d83cbbb264e2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_fsl_booke.S
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
  *   r7 - End of kernel command line string
  *
  */
-	.text
-_GLOBAL(_stext)
-_GLOBAL(_start)
+	.section	.text.head, "ax"
+_ENTRY(_stext);
+_ENTRY(_start);
 	/*
 	 * Reserve a word at a fixed location to store the address
 	 * of abatron_pteptrs
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 0c458556399f..823a8cbd60b5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ SECTIONS
 
 	/* Text and gots */
 	.text : {
+		ALIGN_FUNCTION();
+		*(.text.head)
 		_text = .;
 		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT