If the gcc is configured to do -fPIE by default then the build aborts later with: | Unsupported relocation type: unknown type rel type name (29) Tagging it stable so it is possible to compile recent stable kernels as well. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile index ac58c1616408..555b9fa0ad43 100644 --- a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile +++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n KBUILD_CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-builtin -ffreestanding -c -MD -Os -mcmodel=large KBUILD_CFLAGS += -m$(BITS) +KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE) $(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(PURGATORY_OBJS) FORCE $(call if_changed,ld) -- 2.10.2 -- 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