linux-kernel - Re: Bug#609371: linux-image-2.6.37-trunk-sparc64: module scsi

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Date:	Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:37:56 +0100
From:	Bastian Blank <waldi@...ian.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, 609371@...s.debian.org
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, richm@...elvet.org.uk,
	ben@...adent.org.uk, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fweisbec@...il.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Subject: Re: Bug#609371: linux-image-2.6.37-trunk-sparc64: module scsi_mod:
 Unknown relocation: 36

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 09:11:26AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> The problem comes when the linker puts these sections together. We read
> all the sections as one big array. If the linker puts in holes, then
> this breaks the array, and the kernel crashes while reading the section.

I think this are still bugs in the linker script. #537862[1] was the
first occurance, but I don't find further information.

Bastian

[1]: http://bugs.debian.org/537862
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