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 	its config.mk file). If you find problems enabling this option on
 	your board please report the problem and send patches!
 
+- CONFIG_SYS_SYM_OFFSETS
+	This is set by architectures that use offsets for link symbols
+	instead of absolute values. So bss_start is obtained using an
+	offset _bss_start_ofs from CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE, rather than
+	directly. You should not need to touch this setting.
+
+
 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
 following configurations: