linux-kernel - Re: Error "Unknown relocation: 36" on module load on Sparc

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Message-ID: <20100616204019.GY20317@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:40:19 -0400
From:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	kyle@...artin.ca, vst@...b.net, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org,
	simone.ricci@...il.com, scst-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Nick.Couchman@...kr.com
Subject: Re: Error "Unknown relocation: 36" on module load on Sparc

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 01:38:54PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> This change is incorrect.
> 
> LM22 relocations do not get emitted for the "medlow" code model, which
> is what is explicitly specified on the kernel compiler command line
> for sparc64 via "-mcmodel=medlow".
> 
> Someone this person is using incorrect CFLAGS when building their
> module, and that's why they have this problem, because the compiler's
> default code model on sparc64 can generate those relocations.
>

Yeah, just saw your other mail. Thanks for the explanation!

--Kyle
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