On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 03:13:27PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Toolchain: > - gcc 4.3.1 > - binutils 2.18.50.0.7 and 2.18.50.0.8 > - configured for frv-linux > - kernel 2.6.26 > > Builds fine when using binutils 2.18.50.0.7, > but fails as follows with binutils 2.18.50.0.8: > > <-- snip --> > > ... > HOSTCC scripts/kallsyms > CC init/main.o > CHK include/linux/compile.h > UPD include/linux/compile.h > CC init/version.o > CC init/do_mounts.o > LD init/mounts.o > CC init/noinitramfs.o > LD init/built-in.o > frv-linux-ld: init/mounts.o: compiled with -fpic and linked with modules that use non-pic relocations > frv-linux-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file init/mounts.o > make[2]: *** [init/built-in.o] Error 1 > > <-- snip --> > > Complete verbose log below. > > Any hints what's going wrong? > > cu > Adrian > > ... > frv-linux-ld -r -o init/built-in.o init/main.o init/version.o init/mounts.o init/noinitramfs.o > frv-linux-ld: init/mounts.o: compiled with -fpic and linked with modules that use non-pic relocations > frv-linux-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file init/mounts.o > make[1]: *** [init/built-in.o] Error 1 > make: *** [init] Error 2 This regression was introduced between 2008-05-02 10:10am and 2008-07-09 5:45pm PDT. Does ld from binutils 2.18.50.0.7 work on the same init/main.o init/version.o init/mounts.o init/noinitramfs.o? If yes, please open a bug report at http://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/ with those .o files. If not, please find out why. Thanks. H.J. -- 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