Got all the way to the end of the 4.9-final kernel build, and ran into the following: LD init/built-in.o arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(strcat.o): In function `strcat': (.text+0x60): relocation truncated to fit: BRADDR against symbol `__stxcpy' defined in .text section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(stxcpy.o) arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(strncat.o): In function `strncat': (.text+0x60): relocation truncated to fit: BRADDR against symbol `__stxncpy' defined in .text section in arch/alpha/lib/lib.a(stxncpy.o) Makefile:969: recipe for target 'vmlinux' failed make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 I didn't try building any of the 4.9 release candidates, so I have no idea where this issue was introduced except to say 4.8 built fine. Toolchain is currently as follows, and note that "binutils" was upgraded within the past 24 hours, i.e., while the kernel build was in progress: gcc version 6.2.1 20161124 binutils 2.27.51.20161212 --Bob -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-alpha" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
