Here, `.head.text` is the name of the section and `ax` is a set of flags. In our case, these flags show us that this section is [executable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable
In simple terms, this means that a Linux kernel with this option set can be booted from different addresses. Technically, this is done by compiling the decompressor as [position independent code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position-independent_code). If we look at [arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v4.16/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile), we can see that the decompressor is indeed compiled with the `-fPIC` flag:
Here, `.head.text` is the name of the section and `ax` is a set of flags. In our case, these flags show us that this section is [executable](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable). In simple terms, this means that a Linux kernel with this option set can be booted from different addresses. Technically, this is done by compiling the decompressor as [position independent code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position-independent_code). If we look at [arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile](https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/v4.16/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile), we can see that the decompressor is indeed compiled with the `-fPIC` flag: