linux-kernel - Re: vmlinux ld relocation errors on Alpha

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Message-ID: <20181025023932.GA12242@gherkin.frus.com>
Date:   Wed, 24 Oct 2018 21:39:32 -0500
From:   Bob Tracy <rct@...rkin.frus.com>
To:     linux-alpha@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     debian-alpha@...ts.debian.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mcree@...on.net.nz
Subject: Re: vmlinux ld relocation errors on Alpha

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 09:46:29AM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote:
> Back in January of 2017, a patch set was created for the 4.9.0 kernel and
> *hopefully* sent upstream to address the subject issue.
> (...).
> Am currently attempting a native 4.19.0 build with an up-to-date debian
> "sid" toolchain.  If the build succeeds, than the issue became OBE for
> whatever reason.  Otherwise, it would be nice to know what happened to
> the patch set.  Should know either way as far as the build in a few more
> hours.

Successful build, so I guess "OBE" applies.  If someone reading this
knows, how was this fixed?  My guess would be improvements in the
compiler tool chain, most particularly "bintools".

Sorry for the noise.

--Bob