Chris Friesen writes:
> The current -git fails to build on 64-bit powerpc (failure log below) .
> Initially I tried using my older toolchain, when I first saw the
> problem I built a new toolchain with crosstool (gcc 4.1.2 and binutils
> 2.16.1) and tried again but got the same problem.
It's a bug in older versions of ld (including 2.16.1) that's fixed in
the current version (2.18). However, this patch appears to work
around the problem - at least, it let me build a 32-bit kernel with a
cross-toolchain including a 2.16.1 ld. Let me know if this gets it
working for you.
Paul.
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
index 25fe9d6..e8acee2 100755
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ if [ -n "$dtb" ]; then
if [ -n "$dts" ]; then
rm $dtb
fi
+else
+ addsec $tmp /dev/null .kernel:dtb
fi
if [ "$platform" != "miboot" ]; then
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index b39c27e..384dca5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ SECTIONS
*(.machine.desc)
__machine_desc_end = . ;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
. = ALIGN(8);
.dynsym : AT(ADDR(.dynsym) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.dynsym) }
.dynstr : AT(ADDR(.dynstr) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.dynstr) }
@@ -202,6 +203,7 @@ SECTIONS
__rela_dyn_start = .;
*(.rela*)
}
+#endif
/* Fake ELF header containing RPA note; for addnote */
.fakeelf : AT(ADDR(.fakeelf) - LOAD_OFFSET) { *(.fakeelf) }
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