linux-kernel - Re: ARM: relocation out of range (when loading a module)

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Date:	Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:14:55 +0530
From:	Sachin Verma <imschnvrm@...il.com>
To:	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
Cc:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in>,
	Alexander Holler <holler@...oftware.de>,
	Dave Martin <dave.martin@...aro.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	catalin.marinas@....com
Subject: Re: ARM: relocation out of range (when loading a module)

Hello,

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Nicolas Pitre
<nicolas.pitre@...aro.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
>
>> Then came along the embedded initrd/initramfs idea which rather buggered
>> the scheme when large initramfs are embedded into the image.
>>
>> As the overall feeling at the time was "don't use large initrds" it's
>> something I've never really cared about - and I'm still of the opinion
>> that 16MB of compressed initrd/initramfs is rather silly.
>
> It is... but we have more than 32MB of RAM total now, and people are
> running standard distributions on ARM these days, such as Fedora or
> Ubuntu, including their corresponding initrd that may contain lots of
> modules, splashscreen data, etc.  So it might be a good idea to think
> about fixing this limitation before it comes back again.
>

in fact it is not just the initrd/initramfs size, i am facing issues
with loading modules on MMU-less envt(Cortex M3).
I have 128MB of Physical RAM and i am using a 4MB initrd to boot my
system. when i try to load kernel modules i get relocation errors.
As MMU-less systems are allowing modules to be loaded anywhere from
RAM and not from any predefined limits of MODULES_VADDR and
MODULES_END.

Do you have any pointers on how to tackle this situation for MMU less
environments?

Regards,
Sachin.
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