Thank you all for the answers I got already, > On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 03:08:24PM +0100, Philippe De Swert wrote: > > > The module builds fine also, but when insmodding I get the following error. > > > > insmod: unresolved symbol __fixdfsi > > insmod: unresolved symbol __floatsidf > > insmod: unresolved symbol __muldf3 > > insmod: unresolved symbol __adddf3 > > > > As these are all float operations I am wondering about the following things: > > > > 1.why they are in there? I have a soft-float toolchain.... > > That's why they are there. After looking further into it I found out that they are softfloat symbols and that they should be in the libgcc.a of my toolchain. (David Daney confirmed this, but I don't understand however how I am supposed to regenerate the libgcc.a with his method. So David if you could tell me more about it. Is it supposed to be build during the final gcc stages?) According to Steve I have a faulty toolchain, after looking into his build method I cannot find anything very different expect for the gxx-include-dir configuration option, but I guess this is not causing the problem. I found a toolchain that works, but I would prefer to have my own (with sources) And I am trying to learn something here. So I am trying to understand what is happening. Am I correct if the problem lies in the fact that libgcc.a is putting/used to put in these symbols in the module. The kernel does not understand these symbols because they are supposed to be userland only, so the solution would be to have a libgcc.a which does not do that? How do I generate one (or which is the specific thing I have to take care of to avoid that the problem occurs)? Can I make my toolchain link against something else? Of course is this is not in the context of the mailing list I would appreciate any pointers for a mips-toolchain mailing list. > The simple answer is no FP in the kernel. This is what I expected, but I got confused by some answers on other mailing lists. But it is good to have a clear point. Thank you, Philippe | Philippe De Swert -GNU/linux - uClinux freak- | | Stag developer http://stag.mind.be/ | Emdebian developer: http://www.emdebian.org | | Please do not send me documents in a closed format. (*.doc,*.xls,*.ppt) | Use the open alternatives. (*.pdf,*.ps,*.html,*.txt) | Why? http://pallieter.is-a-geek.org:7832/~johan/word/english/ ------------------------------------------------------- NOTE! My email address is changing to ... @scarlet.be Please make the necessary changes in your address book.
