From: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk> Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 03:00:40 +0000
> On Sun, 2011-01-09 at 01:05 +0000, Richard Mortimer wrote: >> Package: linux-2.6 >> Version: 2.6.37-1~experimental.1 >> Severity: normal >> >> Boot of linux-image-2.6.37-trunk-sparc64 fails to find the disks and drops >> to the initramfs prompt. When I try to load the sym53c8xx driver it fails >> as follows >> >> (initramfs) modprobe sym53c8xx >> [ 122.470284] module scsi_mod: Unknown relocation: 36 >> FATAL: Error inserting sym53c8xx >> (/lib/modules/2.6.37-trunk-sparc64/kernel/drive >> rs/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym53c8xx.ko): Invalid module format >> (initramfs) > > David, do you have any idea how this could happen? > >> A quick web search finds a similar issue >> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2010/6/16/4583942 >> but I have not looked into this any further yet. > [...] > > That was apparently a bug in the build scripts for a separate module. And like that case bad build flags are causing this problem too. It means that "-mcode-model=medlow" is not making it into the module build cflags somehow. This relocation can only occur for sparc64 code models other than "medlow". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110108.194601.245392918.da...@davemloft.net
