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

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Date:   Wed, 24 Aug 2016 22:02:26 +0530
From:   Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:     Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>,
        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

On Thursday 04 August 2016 06:55 PM, Max Filippov wrote:
> 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.

xtensa builds still fails with that same error.
Did the fix make its way to linux-next?

xtensa defconfig for next-20160824 is at:
https://travis-ci.org/sudipm-mukherjee/parport/jobs/154646688

regards
sudip