On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 08:36:12PM +0000, Matthew Fortune wrote: > You are right that it is the .MIPS.abiflags patch that is causing your > trouble. For a long time I had to put a restriction in the ABI plan that > soft-float binaries without an ABIFLAGS pheader could not be linked against > soft-float binaries with an ABIFLAGS pheader. We have since found a way to > relax that restriction without reducing the effectiveness of the new > compatibility checks. I would need to check the code in the kernel but I > suspect that is the issue. Markos has done a significant update to this > piece of code which he posted earlier today. That updated version should > allow the combination of soft-float without ABIFLAGS and soft-float with > ABIFLAGS. Are you referring to the series with 70 patches? I think a fix that passes stable kernel rules is needed. A.