link vmlinux.o so we may report section mismatch bugs before we start with the real link - that may error out. Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 6 ++++-- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 1f22c1f..ae80713 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ define rule_vmlinux-modpost endef # vmlinux image - including updated kernel symbols -vmlinux: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) $(kallsyms.o) vmlinux.o FORCE +vmlinux: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) vmlinux.o $(kallsyms.o) FORCE ifdef CONFIG_HEADERS_CHECK $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile headers_check endif @@ -809,7 +809,9 @@ endif $(call if_changed_rule,vmlinux__) $(Q)rm -f .old_version -vmlinux.o: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) $(kallsyms.o) FORCE +# build vmlinux.o first to catch section mismatch errors early +$(kallsyms.o): vmlinux.o +vmlinux.o: $(vmlinux-lds) $(vmlinux-init) $(vmlinux-main) FORCE $(call if_changed_rule,vmlinux-modpost) # The actual objects are generated when descending, -- 1.5.4.rc3.14.g44397 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html