linux-kernel - Re: next-20081216 - powerpc link error 'dynreloc miscount'

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Date:	Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:30:54 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, mel@....ul.ie,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, sam@...nborg.org
Subject: Re: next-20081216 - powerpc link error 'dynreloc miscount'

Hi Kamalesh,

On Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:38:58 +0530 Kamalesh Babulal <kamalesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> 	next-20081216 build breaks on powerpc
> 
> ld: dynreloc miscount for kernel/built-in.o, section .opd
> ld: can not edit opd Bad value
> make: *** [vmlinux.o] Error 1
> 
> # ld --version
> GNU ld version 2.16.1 Debian GNU/Linux
> 
> # gcc --version
> gcc (GCC) 4.0.2 20050808 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.0.1-4ubuntu9)

Yeah, I have seen this as well.  A later toolchain (gcc 4.3.2, binutils
2.19) works ok.  Also it is only a problem for some configs (see
http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/branch/9/).  It started with
next-20081215.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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