On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stephen Rothwell writes: > > > On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:33:10 +1100 Paul Mackerras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > > > With that patch applied I got these errors for a powerpc ppc64_defconfig > > build (linux-next). > > > > /usr/bin/objcopy: Warning: '/dev/null' is not an ordinary file > > Hmmm, so do I, and in fact the arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper change now > seems to be unnecessary with my cross-compile setup (which has ld > 2.16.1), whereas yesterday I'm sure it got errors. Weird. > > Chris, could you try just the following change (my previous patch > without the arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper change) and let me know if it > fixes things with the ld you use? > Works for me. binutils 2.16.1 is the most recent binutils that will build with crosstool, so IMHO it's worth supporting. :) -Hollis
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