linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND][REGRESSION] um: CONFIG_STATIC

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Date:	Sat, 19 Jun 2010 10:59:00 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	richard -rw- weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, tabbott@...lice.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND][REGRESSION] um: CONFIG_STATIC_LINK=y broken

On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 00:23, richard -rw- weinberger
<richard.weinberger@...il.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 19:50, richard -rw- weinberger
>> <richard.weinberger@...il.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>>> <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 17:22, richard -rw- weinberger
>>>> <richard.weinberger@...il.com> wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven
>>>>> <geert@...ux-m68k.org> wrote:
>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 15:49, richard -rw- weinberger
>>>>>> <richard.weinberger@...il.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Andrew, Linus, Jeff, ... anyone?
>>>>>>> Please apply this patch.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CONFIG_STATIC_LINK is still broken. :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I wanted to verify Tim's patch, but after enabling CONFIG_STATIC_LINK,
>>>>>> it fails to link
>>>>>> (with or without your patch):
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW: Does CONFIG_STATIC_LINK work for you when you revert commit
>>>>> 5d150a97f9391f5bcd7ba0d59d7a11c3de3cea80 (um: Clean up linker script
>>>>> using standard macros)?
>>>>
>>>> Still the same linking errors ;-(
>>>>
>>>
>>> Are you using a non-x86 environment?
>>> Maybe CONFIG_STATIC_LINK is more broken than i thought.
>>
>> I'm using amd64 on Ubuntu 10.04.
>>
>
> Can please you test this patch?
> http://groups.google.com/group/fa.linux.kernel/browse_thread/thread/03cd264b00551949?pli=1

Matthew's patch fixes the linking problem for me.

Interestingly, CONFIG_STATIC_LINK=y now boots fine for me, with and
without Tim's patch?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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