On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > JFYI, when comparing v4.4-rc7[1] to v4.4-rc6[3], the summaries are: > - build errors: +14/-3 + /home/kisskb/slave/src/include/linux/kqueue.h: error: dereferencing type-punned pointer will break strict-aliasing rules [-Werror=strict-aliasing]: => 186:2 mips-allmodconfig Reported in September by kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> + /tmp/cc5veAi5.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 378, 49 mips-allnoconfig + /tmp/cc6DopGj.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 43 + /tmp/cc7GEfIa.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 43 + /tmp/ccmqbWag.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 43 bigsur_defconfig + /tmp/ccGsoCyO.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 49, 366 ip22_defconfig + /tmp/ccH1dW0f.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 43 + /tmp/ccP7l3ug.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 43 + /tmp/ccSlbKej.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 43 ip27_defconfig + /tmp/ccemCHRe.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 50, 326 + /tmp/cckgYy8k.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 329, 50 + /tmp/cclNaAGh.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 366, 49 ip32_defconfig + /tmp/cczzZNSV.s: Error: can't resolve `_start' {*UND* section} - `L0^A' {.text section}: => 403, 41 malta_defconfig I guess the last-minute build fix for MIPS broke the build for other versions of binutils? > [1] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/9745/ (258 out of 259 configs) > [3] http://kisskb.ellerman.id.au/kisskb/head/9734/ (all 259 configs) Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds