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+/* 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(KernelMain)
+
+/* 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
+{
+ limine_requests PT_LOAD;
+ 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;
+
+ /* Define a section to contain the Limine requests and assign it to its own PHDR */
+ .limine_requests : {
+ KEEP(*(.limine_requests_start))
+ KEEP(*(.limine_requests))
+ KEEP(*(.limine_requests_end))
+ } :limine_requests
+
+ /* Move to the next memory page for .text */
+ . = ALIGN(CONSTANT(MAXPAGESIZE));
+
+ .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.*)
+ } :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.*)
+ }
+}