Hi Aleix, > (reminder just in case the email was missed!) When you post queries/bug reports then you should always Cc maintainers and subsystem specific mailing lists. You can can find maintainers and mailings lists by: $ cd /path to your kernel source/ $ ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl /path to your wireless driver file Thanks a lot, Shyam > On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 02:16:53PM +0100, Aleix Roca Nonell wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 03, 2018 at 01:54:39PM +0100, Aleix Roca Nonell wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > > > > In my attempt to write my first useful kernel patch, I'm tracking down > > > a possibly kernel regression on my laptop's wireless driver. I'm > > > trying to use git bisect to narrow down the problem and I'm having > > > trouble compiling a Linux kernel 4.14 from Linus tree in my Arch > > > Linux. > > > > > > The error I'm getting is "Unsupported relocation type: R_X86_64_PLT32" > > > > > > I have read about gcc enabling -fPIC by default from gcc-6 so I have > > > tried compiling with gcc-{8,7,5,4.9} with and without > > > "-fno-pic -no-pic" by running > > > > > > make CC="gcc-5 -fno-pic -no-pic" > > > > > > with no luck. I was expecting those R_X86_64_PLT32 relocations not to > > > be generated with this options but there is something I have still not > > > understood. > > > > > > I have been able to compile the kernel after applying greg's stable > > > tree patch [1] (and [2,3] for gcc-8) but the kernel refuses to boot. > > > > > > Any help/comments on either the problem or the followed methodology will be > > > appreciated! > > > > > > Thank you! :D > > > > > > [1] - https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/892780/ > > > [2] - https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/868613/ > > > [3] - https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/934722/ > > > > Sorry, I meant "-fno-pie -no-pie" instead of "-fno-pic -no-pic" > > _______________________________________________ > Kernelnewbies mailing list > Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies