__switch_data:
        .long   __mmap_switched
        .long   __data_loc                      @ r4
-       .long   __data_start                    @ r5
+       .long   _data                           @ r5
        .long   __bss_start                     @ r6
        .long   _end                            @ r7
        .long   processor_id                    @ r4
 
 #include <linux/string.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
 /*
  * MODULES_VADDR is redefined here and not in asm/memory.h to avoid
  * recompiling the whole kernel when CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL is turned on/off.
  */
-extern void _etext;
 #undef MODULES_VADDR
-#define MODULES_VADDR  (((unsigned long)&_etext + ~PGDIR_MASK) & PGDIR_MASK)
+#define MODULES_VADDR  (((unsigned long)_etext + ~PGDIR_MASK) & PGDIR_MASK)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 
 #include <asm/cputype.h>
 #include <asm/elf.h>
 #include <asm/procinfo.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 
 extern void paging_init(struct machine_desc *desc);
 extern void reboot_setup(char *str);
-extern void _text, _etext, __data_start, _edata, _end;
 
 unsigned int processor_id;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(processor_id);
        struct resource *res;
        int i;
 
-       kernel_code.start   = virt_to_phys(&_text);
-       kernel_code.end     = virt_to_phys(&_etext - 1);
-       kernel_data.start   = virt_to_phys(&__data_start);
-       kernel_data.end     = virt_to_phys(&_end - 1);
+       kernel_code.start   = virt_to_phys(_text);
+       kernel_code.end     = virt_to_phys(_etext - 1);
+       kernel_data.start   = virt_to_phys(_data);
+       kernel_data.end     = virt_to_phys(_end - 1);
 
        for (i = 0; i < mi->nr_banks; i++) {
                if (mi->bank[i].size == 0)
                parse_tags(tags);
        }
 
-       init_mm.start_code = (unsigned long) &_text;
-       init_mm.end_code   = (unsigned long) &_etext;
-       init_mm.end_data   = (unsigned long) &_edata;
-       init_mm.brk        = (unsigned long) &_end;
+       init_mm.start_code = (unsigned long) _text;
+       init_mm.end_code   = (unsigned long) _etext;
+       init_mm.end_data   = (unsigned long) _edata;
+       init_mm.brk        = (unsigned long) _end;
 
        memcpy(boot_command_line, from, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
        boot_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1] = '\0';
 
 #endif
 
        .data : AT(__data_loc) {
-               __data_start = .;       /* address in memory */
+               _data = .;              /* address in memory */
 
                /*
                 * first, the init task union, aligned
 
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/sizes.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 {
        unsigned int start_pfn, i, bootmap_pfn;
 
-       start_pfn   = PAGE_ALIGN(__pa(&_end)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+       start_pfn   = PAGE_ALIGN(__pa(_end)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
        bootmap_pfn = 0;
 
        for_each_nodebank(i, mi, node) {
        }
        printk(" = %luMB total\n", num_physpages >> (20 - PAGE_SHIFT));
 
-       codesize = &_etext - &_text;
-       datasize = &_end - &__data_start;
-       initsize = &__init_end - &__init_begin;
+       codesize = _etext - _text;
+       datasize = _end - _data;
+       initsize = __init_end - __init_begin;
 
        printk(KERN_NOTICE "Memory: %luKB available (%dK code, "
                "%dK data, %dK init)\n",
 void free_initmem(void)
 {
        if (!machine_is_integrator() && !machine_is_cintegrator())
-               totalram_pages += free_area(__phys_to_pfn(__pa(&__init_begin)),
-                                           __phys_to_pfn(__pa(&__init_end)),
+               totalram_pages += free_area(__phys_to_pfn(__pa(__init_begin)),
+                                           __phys_to_pfn(__pa(__init_end)),
                                            "init");
 }
 
 
 void __init create_mapping(struct map_desc *md);
 void __init bootmem_init(void);
 void reserve_node_zero(struct pglist_data *pgdat);
-
-extern void _text, _stext, _etext, __data_start, _end, __init_begin, __init_end;
 
 
 #include <asm/cputype.h>
 #include <asm/mach-types.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/sizes.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
        /* The XIP kernel is mapped in the module area -- skip over it */
-       addr = ((unsigned long)&_etext + PGDIR_SIZE - 1) & PGDIR_MASK;
+       addr = ((unsigned long)_etext + PGDIR_SIZE - 1) & PGDIR_MASK;
 #endif
        for ( ; addr < PAGE_OFFSET; addr += PGDIR_SIZE)
                pmd_clear(pmd_off_k(addr));
         * Note that this can only be in node 0.
         */
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
-       reserve_bootmem_node(pgdat, __pa(&__data_start), &_end - &__data_start,
+       reserve_bootmem_node(pgdat, __pa(_data), _end - _data,
                        BOOTMEM_DEFAULT);
 #else
-       reserve_bootmem_node(pgdat, __pa(&_stext), &_end - &_stext,
+       reserve_bootmem_node(pgdat, __pa(_stext), _end - _stext,
                        BOOTMEM_DEFAULT);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
        map.pfn = __phys_to_pfn(CONFIG_XIP_PHYS_ADDR & SECTION_MASK);
        map.virtual = MODULES_VADDR;
-       map.length = ((unsigned long)&_etext - map.virtual + ~SECTION_MASK) & SECTION_MASK;
+       map.length = ((unsigned long)_etext - map.virtual + ~SECTION_MASK) & SECTION_MASK;
        map.type = MT_ROM;
        create_mapping(&map);
 #endif
 
 #include <linux/io.h>
 
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
+#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
 
         * Note that this can only be in node 0.
         */
 #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
-       reserve_bootmem_node(pgdat, __pa(&__data_start), &_end - &__data_start,
+       reserve_bootmem_node(pgdat, __pa(_data), _end - _data,
                        BOOTMEM_DEFAULT);
 #else
-       reserve_bootmem_node(pgdat, __pa(&_stext), &_end - &_stext,
+       reserve_bootmem_node(pgdat, __pa(_stext), _end - _stext,
                        BOOTMEM_DEFAULT);
 #endif