linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] initramfs: Fix initramfs size calculation

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Date:	Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:07:13 -0400
From:	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	Hendrik Brueckner <brueckner@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@...il.com>, mmarek@...e.cz,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Michael Holzheu <holzheu@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	tabbott@...lice.com, vda.linux@...glemail.com, hpa@...ux.intel.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] initramfs: Fix initramfs size calculation

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 06:37, Hendrik Brueckner wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 02:28:11PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 04:23, Hendrik Brueckner wrote:
>> i'm pretty sure this breaks on every symbol-prefixed arch.  at least,
>> it broke every Blackfin board:
>> init/built-in.o: In function `populate_rootfs':
>> init/initramfs.c:(.init.text+0x2548): undefined reference to `__initramfs_size'
>> init/initramfs.c:(.init.text+0x254e): undefined reference to `__initramfs_size'
>> make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1
>>
>> look at VMLINUX_SYMBOL() in the vmlinux.lds.h file
>
> Thanks for your feedback.  Could you try the patch below and let me know
> if it works for your Blackfin board.

negative.  same error.  vmlinux.lds.h might need to be switched to
CONFIG_SYMBOL_PREFIX.
-mike
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