On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:50 PM, H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This release fixes the Linux relocatable kernel build: > > http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12327 > > The follow Linux binutils releases are affected: 2.20.51.0.12, > 2.21.51.0.1, 2.21.51.0.2 and 2.21.51.0.3. The FSF binutils 2.21 > is also affected. > report any bugs related to binutils 2.21.51.0.4 to hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx HJ, I was using binutils-2.21.51.0.4 without any problem until I went back to recompile glibc and resulted in segmentation fault below: make[2]: Entering directory `/v6/src2/glibc/glibc/sunrpc' CPP='gcc -E -x c-header' /v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/elf/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --library-path /v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build:/v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/math:/v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/elf:/v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/dlfcn:/v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/nss:/v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/nis:/v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/rt:/v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/resolv:/v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/crypt:/v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/nptl /v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/sunrpc/rpcgen -Y ../scripts -c rpcsvc/bootparam_prot.x -o /v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/sunrpc/xbootparam_prot.T make[2]: *** [/v6/src2/glibc/glibc/build/sunrpc/xbootparam_prot.stmp] Segmentation fault # glibc GNU C Library development release version 2.12.90, by Roland McGrath et al. Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Compiled by GNU CC version 4.4.5. Compiled on a Linux 2.6.37 system on 2010-12-26. Available extensions: crypt add-on version 2.1 by Michael Glad and others Native POSIX Threads Library by Ulrich Drepper et al BIND-8.2.3-T5B libc ABIs: UNIQUE IFUNC # gcc -v gcc -v Using built-in specs. Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --disable-static --with-local-prefix=/usr --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/g++ --with-system-zlib Thread model: posix gcc version 4.4.5 (GCC) # uname -a Linux boston 2.6.37-rc7 #29 SMP PREEMPT Fri Dec 24 16:26:12 SGT 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux I've tried binutils-2.21.51.0.2 as well, but was still problem. Only versions up to binutils-2.21.51.0.1 works ... glibc compiles successful. I've also tested glibc-2.11.3 as well with the same results. Could this be a binutils problem or something missing in my glibc compilation? Thanks, Jeff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-gcc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html