From: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:14:58 -0800 > On Mon, Jan 11, 2021 at 12:50 PM Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@xxxxx> wrote: >> >>> The disassembly for me produces: >>> 399c: 3c 03 00 00 lui $3, 0 <phy_device_free> >>> 0000399c: R_MIPS_HI16 .text >>> ... >>> 39a8: 24 63 3a 5c addiu $3, $3, 14940 <phy_probe> >>> 000039a8: R_MIPS_LO16 .text >> >> So, in your case the values of the instructions that relocs refer are: >> >> 0x3c030000 R_MIPS_HI16 >> 0x24633a5c R_MIPS_LO16 >> >> Mine were: >> >> 0x3c010000 >> 0x24339444 >> >> Your second one doesn't have bit 15 set, so I think this pair won't >> break the code. >> Try to hunt for R_MIPS_LO16 that have this bit set, i.e. they have >> '8', '9', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd' or 'e' as their [15:12]. > > I don't think any of my R_MIPS_LO16 in that file have that bit set. > See attached. Well, seems like you got lucky here. You can try to check for other modules if any of them have R_MIPS_LO16 with bit 15 set. Also, you can try to enable: CONFIG_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION=y CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS=y to alter the build process. These options didn't change anything in terms of relocs for me though. > -- > Thanks, > ~Nick Desaulniers Thanks, Al