diff -urN oldtree/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S newtree/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
--- oldtree/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	2006-09-27 13:34:47.000000000 -0400
+++ newtree/arch/x86_64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S	2006-09-27 13:40:51.000000000 -0400
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
 OUTPUT_ARCH(i386:x86-64)
 ENTRY(phys_startup_64)
 jiffies_64 = jiffies;
+PHDRS {
+	text PT_LOAD FLAGS(5);	/* R_E */
+	data PT_LOAD FLAGS(7);	/* RWE */
+	user PT_LOAD FLAGS(7);	/* RWE */
+	note PT_NOTE FLAGS(4);	/* R__ */
+}
 SECTIONS
 {
   . = __START_KERNEL;
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@
 	KPROBES_TEXT
 	*(.fixup)
 	*(.gnu.warning)
-	} = 0x9090
+	} :text = 0x9090
   				/* out-of-line lock text */
   .text.lock : AT(ADDR(.text.lock) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.text.lock) }
 
@@ -57,17 +63,10 @@
   .data : AT(ADDR(.data) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 	*(.data)
 	CONSTRUCTORS
-	} 
+	} :data 
 
   _edata = .;			/* End of data section */
 
-  __bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
-  .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
-	*(.bss.page_aligned)	
-	*(.bss)
-	}
-  __bss_stop = .;
-
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);
   .data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
@@ -89,7 +88,7 @@
 #define VVIRT(x) (ADDR(x) - VVIRT_OFFSET)
 
   . = VSYSCALL_ADDR;
-  .vsyscall_0 :	 AT(VSYSCALL_PHYS_ADDR) { *(.vsyscall_0) } 
+  .vsyscall_0 :	 AT(VSYSCALL_PHYS_ADDR) { *(.vsyscall_0) } :user 
   __vsyscall_0 = VSYSCALL_VIRT_ADDR;
 
   . = ALIGN(CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_BYTES);
@@ -132,7 +131,7 @@
   . = ALIGN(8192);		/* init_task */
   .data.init_task : AT(ADDR(.data.init_task) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 	*(.data.init_task)
-  } 
+  } :data 
 
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   .data.page_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.page_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
@@ -220,6 +219,14 @@
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   __nosave_end = .;
 
+  __bss_start = .;		/* BSS */
+  . = ALIGN(4096);
+  .bss : AT(ADDR(.bss) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
+	*(.bss.page_aligned)
+	*(.bss)
+	}
+  __bss_stop = .;
+
   _end = . ;
 
   /* Sections to be discarded */
@@ -233,4 +240,6 @@
   STABS_DEBUG
 
   DWARF_DEBUG
+
+  NOTES
 }