Re: [BUG] 4.9.0 build error on Alpha

[Bob Tracy <rct@gherkin.frus.com>]

On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 12:43:37AM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 10:07:06PM +0100, Helge Deller wrote:
> > (...)
> > Another possibility could be to put all the lib functions into 
> > a "alphalib" section into the final vmlinux.
> > For that add at the top of each of the .S files in lib/ 
> > 	.section .alphalib,"ax"
> > and apply the attached patch for arch/alpha/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
> > Patch and suggestion is completely untested.
> 
> Worth a try.  I'll get going on this and report back with the results in
> a few hours.

Apologies in advance if the formatting isn't properly preserved :-(.
Syntax error on line 294 of the generated "vmlinux.lds" file, which is
right where the added ".alphalib:" stanza begins:

(...)
OUTPUT_FORMAT("elf64-alpha")
OUTPUT_ARCH(alpha)
ENTRY(__start)
PHDRS { kernel PT_LOAD; note PT_NOTE; }
jiffies = jiffies_64;
SECTIONS
{
 . = 0xfffffc0000310000;
 _text = .; /* Text and read-only data */
 .text : {
  *(.head.text)
  .alphalib: {
   *(.alphalib)
  } :kernel
  . = ALIGN(8); *(.text.hot .text .text.fixup .text.unlikely) *(.ref.text)
  . = ALIGN(8); __sched_text_start = .; *(.sched.text) __sched_text_end = .;
  . = ALIGN(8); __cpuidle_text_start = .; *(.cpuidle.text) __cpuidle_text_end = .;
  . = ALIGN(8); __lock_text_start = .; *(.spinlock.text) __lock_text_end = .;
  *(.fixup)
  *(.gnu.warning)
 } :kernel
 swapper_pg_dir = (0xfffffc0000000000 +0x300000);
 _etext = .; /* End of text section */
 .notes : AT(ADDR(.notes) - 0) { __start_notes = .; *(.note.*) __stop_notes = .; } :kernel
 :note
 .dummy : {
  *(.dummy)
 } :kernel
(...)

--Bob