From 25dd685345b4bba7418eca4252e1b65ce20356cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: taitep <taitep@taitep.se>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:04:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a linker script and example uart echo program

---
 echo.S  | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 link.ld | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 echo.S
 create mode 100644 link.ld

diff --git a/echo.S b/echo.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58b2573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/echo.S
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+.section .text
+.globl _start
+
+.equ UART_DATA, 0
+.equ UART_STATUS, 1
+.equ UART_RX_READY = 0b10
+.equ UART_TX_READY = 0b01
+
+_start:
+    li a0, 0x1000
+
+loop:
+    lbu t0, UART_STATUS(a0)
+    andi t0, t0, UART_RX_READY
+    beqz t0, loop
+    lbu t0, UART_DATA(a0)
+    sb t0, UART_DATA(a0)
+    j loop
diff --git a/link.ld b/link.ld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3868b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/link.ld
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+ENTRY(_start)
+
+SECTIONS {
+    . = 0x80000000;
+
+    .text : ALIGN(4) {
+        *(.text*)
+    }
+
+    .rodata : ALIGN(8) {
+        *(.rodata*)
+    }
+
+    .data : ALIGN(8) {
+        *(.data*)
+    }
+
+    .bss : ALIGN(8) {
+        *(.bss*)
+        *(COMMON)
+    }
+}