On 08/05/2009 01:13 PM, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Boaz, > > On Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:11:20 +0300 Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> On 08/05/2009 10:23 AM, Stephen Rothwell wrote: >>> >>> This tree fails to build for powerpc allyesconfig (final link problem). >> >> Above is reported for a long time. Is it related to this: >> http://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg921978.html > > No, it is this: > > powerpc-linux-ld: TOC section size exceeds 64k > > It is powerpc specific and the only way we can think of fixing it > involves stopping building the built-in.o files and linking the entire > kernel in one go at the end. We just haven't had time (or the energy) to > try to fix it properly while it only affects the final link of the > allyesconfig kernel. > Ha, OK allyesconfig. Last time I attempted an allyesconfig for i386 I got me the OOM killer attack on my KDE, half way into the final link. That's why I use allmodconfig for when I need "try to compile everything ++" I get just as much compilation coverage if not more. And is faster. It'll not show symbol conflicts if any exist, though. Thanks Boaz -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
