SECTIONS { /* Trigger an error if I have an unuseable start address */ _bogus = ASSERT(_start >= 0xffff0000, "_start too low. Please decrease CONFIG_ROM_IMAGE_SIZE"); _ROMTOP = 0xfffffff0; . = _ROMTOP; .reset . : { *(.reset) . = 15 ; BYTE(0x00); } } ------------------------------------------------------------------ What does (.=15;) mean? It seems a mistake! and can be: . = .+1;