#endif
 .endm
 
+.section .ivt, "ax",@progbits
 .align 4
-.globl _start
-_start:
+_ivt:
        /* Critical system events */
-       j       reset                   /* 0 - 0x000 */
+       j       _start                  /* 0 - 0x000 */
        j       memory_error            /* 1 - 0x008 */
        j       instruction_error       /* 2 - 0x010 */
 
        j       EV_Trap                 /* 0x128, Trap exception       (0x25) */
        j       EV_Extension            /* 0x130, Extn Intruction Excp (0x26) */
 
+.text
+.globl _start
+_start:
+       /* Setup interrupt vector base that matches "__text_start" */
+       sr      __ivt_start, [ARC_AUX_INTR_VEC_BASE]
+
+       /* Setup stack pointer */
+       mov     %sp, CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR
+       mov     %fp, %sp
+
+       /* Clear bss */
+       mov     %r0, __bss_start
+       mov     %r1, __bss_end
+
+clear_bss:
+       st.ab   0, [%r0, 4]
+       brlt    %r0, %r1, clear_bss
+
+       /* Zero the one and only argument of "board_init_f" */
+       mov_s   %r0, 0
+       j       board_init_f
+
 memory_error:
        SAVE_ALL_SYS
        SAVE_EXCEPTION_SOURCE
        mov     %r0, %sp
        j       do_extension
 
-
-reset:
-       /* Setup interrupt vector base that matches "__text_start" */
-       sr      __text_start, [ARC_AUX_INTR_VEC_BASE]
-
-       /* Setup stack pointer */
-       mov     %sp, CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_ADDR
-       mov     %fp, %sp
-
-       /* Clear bss */
-       mov     %r0, __bss_start
-       mov     %r1, __bss_end
-
-clear_bss:
-       st.ab   0, [%r0, 4]
-       brlt    %r0, %r1, clear_bss
-
-       /* Zero the one and only argument of "board_init_f" */
-       mov_s   %r0, 0
-       j       board_init_f
-
 /*
  * void relocate_code (addr_sp, gd, addr_moni)
  *
 
 #ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
                        /* If location in ".text" section swap value */
                        if ((unsigned int)offset_ptr_rom <
-                           (unsigned int)&__text_end)
+                           (unsigned int)&__ivt_end)
                                val = (val << 16) | (val >> 16);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN__
                                /* If location in ".text" section swap value */
                                if ((unsigned int)offset_ptr_rom <
-                                   (unsigned int)&__text_end)
+                                   (unsigned int)&__ivt_end)
                                        val = (val << 16) | (val >> 16);
 #endif
                                memcpy(offset_ptr_ram, &val, sizeof(int));
 
 char __text_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__text_start")));
 char __text_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__text_end")));
 char __init_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__init_end")));
+char __ivt_start[0] __attribute__((section(".__ivt_start")));
+char __ivt_end[0] __attribute__((section(".__ivt_end")));