--- zzzz-none-000/linux-2.6.39.4/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in	2011-08-03 19:43:28.000000000 +0000
+++ puma6-arm-6490-729/linux-2.6.39.4/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in	2021-11-10 13:23:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -11,18 +11,6 @@
 ENTRY(_start)
 SECTIONS
 {
-  /DISCARD/ : {
-    *(.ARM.exidx*)
-    *(.ARM.extab*)
-    /*
-     * Discard any r/w data - this produces a link error if we have any,
-     * which is required for PIC decompression.  Local data generates
-     * GOTOFF relocations, which prevents it being relocated independently
-     * of the text/got segments.
-     */
-    *(.data)
-  }
-
   . = TEXT_START;
   _text = .;
 
@@ -47,6 +35,7 @@
   .got			: { *(.got) }
   _got_end = .;
   .got.plt		: { *(.got.plt) }
+  .data			: { *(.data) }
   _edata = .;
 
   . = BSS_START;
@@ -54,8 +43,7 @@
   .bss			: { *(.bss) }
   _end = .;
 
-  . = ALIGN(8);		/* the stack must be 64-bit aligned */
-  .stack		: { *(.stack) }
+  .stack (NOLOAD)	: { *(.stack) }
 
   .stab 0		: { *(.stab) }
   .stabstr 0		: { *(.stabstr) }