On Wednesday, August 3, 2016 10:19:11 PM CEST Stephen Rothwell wrote: > Hi Arnd, > > On Wed, 03 Aug 2016 09:52:23 +0200 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Using a different way to link the kernel would also help us with > > the remaining allyesconfig problem on ARM, as the problem is only in > > 'ld -r' not producing trampolines for symbols that later cannot get > > them any more. It would probably also help building with ld.gold, > > which is currently not working. > > > > What is your suggested alternative? > > I have a patch that make the built-in.o files into thin archives (same > as archives, but the actual objects are replaced with the name of the > original object file). That way the final link has all the original > objects. I haven't checked to see what the overheads of doing it this > way is. > > Nick Piggin has just today taken my old patch (it was last rebased to > v4.4-rc1) and tried it on a recent kernel and it still seems to mostly > work. It probably needs some tidying up, but you are welcome to test > it if you want to. Sure, I'll certainly give it a try on ARM when you send me a copy. Arnd -- 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
