On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 09:09:39AM -0400, Paul Koning wrote: > >>>>> "Steven" == Steven J Hill <sjhill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > Steven> Greetings. I have been chasing down a binutils regression > Steven> that is preventing me from building a Linux/MIPS kernel using > Steven> a gcc-4.2 based toolchain. Here is the snippet of output when > Steven> building a 2.6.12 kernel for my platform: > > Steven> LD drivers/mtd/maps/built-in.o > Steven> LD drivers/mtd/nand/built-in.o > Steven> LD drivers/mtd/built-in.o > Steven> mipsel-linux-uclibc-ld: final link failed: Bad value > Steven> make[1]: *** [drivers/mtd/built-in.o] Error 1 > Steven> make: *** [_module_drivers/mtd] Error 2 > > I've run into the same message when building things for a NetBSD/MIPS > target. I had assumed it was some error on my end. > > The problem with this message is that it is completely content-free. > It doesn't contain a meaningful problem statement, and it doesn't say > anything at all about where the problem is. It doesn't even indicate > what input file triggered the problem! How is a user supposed to fix > a failed build when this error message appears? Please file a bug report with all input files for the linker. I will at least provide clear diagnostic messages. H.J.
