Began rewrite

kernel/linker.ld

@@ -1,52 +1,31 @@
-OUTPUT_FORMAT(binary)
-ENTRY(start)
+OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf32-i386")
+ENTRY(_start)
 
 SECTIONS {
-	. = 0x00100000;
-	kernel_start = .;
+	/* 1MB is a conventional place for kernels */
+	. = 1M;
 
-	/* Multiboot Header */
-	.multiboot ALIGN(4K) : {
+	/* We need the multiboot header in the first 8192 bytes */
+	.text BLOCK(4K) : ALIGN(4K) {
 		*(.multiboot)
-	}
-
-	.boot ALIGN(4K) : {
-		*(.boot)
-	}
-
-	. += 0xC000000;
-
-	/* Kernel Code */
-	.text ALIGN(4) : AT(ADDR(.text) - 0xC000000) {
 		*(.text)
-		*(.text.*)
 	}
 
-	/* Read-Only Data */
-	.rodata ALIGN(4) : AT(ADDR(.rodata) - 0xC000000) {
+	/* Read-only data */
+	.rodata BLOCK(4K) : ALIGN(4K) {
 		*(.rodata)
-		*(.rodata.*)
 	}
 
-	/* Read/Write Data */
-	.data ALIGN(4) : AT(ADDR(.data) - 0xC000000) {
+	/* Initalized r/w data */
+	.data BLOCK(4K) : ALIGN(4K) {
 		*(.data)
-		*(.data.*)
 	}
 
-	/* BSS Section */
-	.bss ALIGN(4) : AT(ADDR(.bss) - 0xC000000) {
+	/* Uninitialized r/w data and stack */
+	.bss BLOCK(4K) : ALIGN(4K) {
 		*(COMMON)
 		*(.bss)
-		*(.bss.*)
 	}
 
-	/* Discarded Sections */
-	/DISCARD/ : {
-		*(.note)
-		*(.note.*)
-		*(.comment)
-	}
-
-	kernel_end = .;
+	. = 4M;
 }