On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 10:48:54AM -0700, David Daney wrote: > From: David Daney <ddaney@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:48:54 -0700 > To: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Gcc 4.2.2 broken for kernel builds > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Ralf Baechle wrote: > >So it looks as if gcc 4.2.2 is broken for kernel builds resulting in the > >following error message with binutils 2.18: > > > > CC drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o > >mipsel-linux-ld: drivers/mtd/.tmp_mtd_blkdevs.o: Can't find matching LO16 > >reloc against `$LC6' for R_MIPS_HI16 at 0x9e0 in section `.text' > > CC drivers/mtd/chips/chipreg.o > > > >Older binutils throw a more cryptic error message about the bad assembler > >code generated by gcc: > > > > CC drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o > >mipsel-linux-ld: final link failed: Bad value > >make[2]: *** [drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o] Error 1 > >make[1]: *** [drivers/mtd] Error 2 > >make: *** [drivers] Error 2 > > > >Just as heads up ... > > > > Could you file a bug report here: > > http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/ > > If you could include a pointer to the kernel sources you were using and > perhaps attach your .config to the bug that might be useful as well. If I had the time I'd have done that. Short of that posting a warning is what I can do. Ralf
