--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/arch/mips/boot/compressed/ld.script	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/arch/mips/boot/compressed/ld.script	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 
 OUTPUT_ARCH(mips)
 ENTRY(start)
+PHDRS {
+	text PT_LOAD FLAGS(7); /* RWX */
+}
 SECTIONS
 {
 	/* Text and read-only data */
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@
 	.text : {
 		*(.text)
 		*(.rodata)
-	}
+	}: text
 	/* End of text section */
 
 	/* Writable data */
@@ -26,8 +29,12 @@
 		*(.image)
 		__image_end = .;
 		CONSTRUCTORS
+		. = ALIGN(16);
 	}
-	. = ALIGN(16);
+	__appended_dtb = .;
+	/* leave space for appended DTB */
+	. += 0x100000;
+
 	_edata = .;
 	/* End of data section */