linux-kernel - Re: next-20160804: Build error when building xtensa images

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Date:	Thu, 4 Aug 2016 16:25:04 +0300
From:	Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org" <linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org>
Subject: Re: next-20160804: Build error when building xtensa images

Hi Guenter,

On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net> wrote:
> Hi Max,
>
> I see the following build errors when building xtensa images in
> next-20160804.
>
> Error log:
> arch/xtensa/kernel/built-in.o: In function `fast_alloca':
> (.text+0x99a): dangerous relocation: j: cannot encode: _WindowUnderflow12
> arch/xtensa/kernel/built-in.o: In function `fast_alloca':
> (.text+0x99d): dangerous relocation: j: cannot encode: _WindowUnderflow8
> arch/xtensa/kernel/built-in.o: In function `fast_alloca':
> (.text+0x9a0): dangerous relocation: j: cannot encode: _WindowUnderflow4
> arch/xtensa/kernel/built-in.o: In function
> `window_overflow_restore_a0_fixup':
> (.text+0x23a3): dangerous relocation: j: cannot encode:
> (.DoubleExceptionVector.text+0x104)
> arch/xtensa/kernel/built-in.o: In function
> `window_overflow_restore_a0_fixup':
> (.text+0x23c1): dangerous relocation: j: cannot encode:
> (.DoubleExceptionVector.text+0x104)
> arch/xtensa/kernel/built-in.o: In function
> `window_overflow_restore_a0_fixup':
> (.text+0x23dd): dangerous relocation: j: cannot encode:
> (.DoubleExceptionVector.text+0x104)
>
> This affects all images I am testing.
>
> Bisect points to 'xtensa: cleanup MMU setup and kernel layout macros'.

Thanks for the report. The default kernel load address in this patch
was wrong. Fix posted.

-- 
Thanks.
-- Max