diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/ChangeLog
index 549483143d..3ba328df10 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-09-22	Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
+
+	* startup/linkcmds.base: Fixed wrong section size symbols.
+
 2008-09-20	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am, include/bsp.h, network_5200/network.c, start/start.S,
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/linkcmds.base b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/linkcmds.base
index 88d366f4e1..5458000ea2 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/linkcmds.base
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen5200/startup/linkcmds.base
@@ -131,10 +131,9 @@ SECTIONS {
 		. = ALIGN (bsp_section_align);
 
 		/*
-		 * BSP: End and size of text section
+		 * BSP: End of text section
 		 */
 		bsp_section_text_end = .;
-		bsp_section_text_size = bsp_section_text_end - bsp_section_text_start;
 	} > RAM
 
 	.data : {
@@ -219,10 +218,9 @@ SECTIONS {
 		PROVIDE (edata = .);
 
 		/*
-		 * BSP: End and size of data section
+		 * BSP: End of data section
 		 */
 		bsp_section_data_end = .;
-		bsp_section_data_size = bsp_section_data_end - bsp_section_data_start;
 	} > RAM
 
 	.sbss : {
@@ -254,25 +252,30 @@ SECTIONS {
 		PROVIDE (end = .);
 
 		/*
-		 * BSP: End and size of bss section
+		 * BSP: End of bss section
 		 */
 		bsp_section_bss_end = .;
-		bsp_section_bss_size = bsp_section_bss_end - bsp_section_bss_start;
 	} > RAM
 
+	/*
+	 * BSP: Section sizes
+	 */
+	bsp_section_text_size = bsp_section_text_end - bsp_section_text_start;
+	bsp_section_data_size = bsp_section_data_end - bsp_section_data_start;
+	bsp_section_bss_size = bsp_section_bss_end - bsp_section_bss_start;
+
 	/*
 	 * BSP: Interrupt stack
 	 */
-	bsp_interrupt_stack_start = .;
+	bsp_interrupt_stack_start = bsp_section_bss_end;
 	bsp_interrupt_stack_end = bsp_interrupt_stack_start + 32k;
 	bsp_interrupt_stack_size = bsp_interrupt_stack_end - bsp_interrupt_stack_start;
-	. = bsp_interrupt_stack_end;
 
 	/*
 	 * BSP: Work area start
 	 */
-	bsp_work_area_start = .;
-        WorkAreaBase = .;
+	bsp_work_area_start = bsp_interrupt_stack_end;
+	WorkAreaBase = bsp_work_area_start;
 	
 	/* Stabs debugging sections.  */
 	.stab          0 : { *(.stab) }
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen83xx/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen83xx/ChangeLog
index 20d699c403..3ba581fedc 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen83xx/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen83xx/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2008-09-22	Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
+
+	* startup/linkcmds.base: Fixed wrong section size symbols.
+
 2008-09-20	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am, include/bsp.h, start/start.S, startup/bspstart.c,
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen83xx/startup/linkcmds.base b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen83xx/startup/linkcmds.base
index 946dfd4679..d5dc1debcd 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen83xx/startup/linkcmds.base
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/gen83xx/startup/linkcmds.base
@@ -137,10 +137,9 @@ SECTIONS {
 		. = ALIGN (bsp_section_align);
 
 		/*
-		 * BSP: End and size of text section
+		 * BSP: End of text section
 		 */
 		bsp_section_text_end = .;
-		bsp_section_text_size = bsp_section_text_end - bsp_section_text_start;
 	} > RAM
 
 	.data : {
@@ -225,10 +224,9 @@ SECTIONS {
 		PROVIDE (edata = .);
 
 		/*
-		 * BSP: End and size of data section
+		 * BSP: End of data section
 		 */
 		bsp_section_data_end = .;
-		bsp_section_data_size = bsp_section_data_end - bsp_section_data_start;
 	} > RAM
 
 	.sbss : {
@@ -260,25 +258,30 @@ SECTIONS {
 		PROVIDE (end = .);
 
 		/*
-		 * BSP: End and size of bss section
+		 * BSP: End of bss section
 		 */
 		bsp_section_bss_end = .;
-		bsp_section_bss_size = bsp_section_bss_end - bsp_section_bss_start;
 	} > RAM
 
+	/*
+	 * BSP: Section sizes
+	 */
+	bsp_section_text_size = bsp_section_text_end - bsp_section_text_start;
+	bsp_section_data_size = bsp_section_data_end - bsp_section_data_start;
+	bsp_section_bss_size = bsp_section_bss_end - bsp_section_bss_start;
+
 	/*
 	 * BSP: Interrupt stack
 	 */
-	bsp_interrupt_stack_start = .;
+	bsp_interrupt_stack_start = bsp_section_bss_end;
 	bsp_interrupt_stack_end = bsp_interrupt_stack_start + 32k;
 	bsp_interrupt_stack_size = bsp_interrupt_stack_end - bsp_interrupt_stack_start;
-	. = bsp_interrupt_stack_end;
 
 	/*
 	 * BSP: Work area start
 	 */
-	bsp_work_area_start = .;
-        WorkAreaBase = .;
+	bsp_work_area_start = bsp_interrupt_stack_end;
+	WorkAreaBase = bsp_work_area_start;
 	
 	/* Stabs debugging sections.  */
 	.stab          0 : { *(.stab) }