Re: [Suggestion] are they toolchains' issue?

[Chen Gang <gang.chen@asianux.com>]

On 11/02/2013 03:42 AM, rkuo wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 08:05:52PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>> Hello Maintainers:
>>
>> When compiling with allmodconfig for v4, an error occurs:
>>
>>     CC      kernel/fork.o
>>   /tmp/ccTx69dj.s: Assembler messages:
>>   /tmp/ccTx69dj.s:7853: Error: invalid instruction `if (tstbit(r4.new,r0))jump:nt .L242'
>>
>> Also when with allmodconfig (default for v2), it will cause error:
>>
>>   /usr/local/bin/hexagon-ld: Relocatable linking with relocations from format elf32-littlehexagon (init/.tmp_main.o) to format elf32-littlehexagon (init/main.o) is not supported
>>
>> Also when with defconfig, it will cause error:
>>
>>     LD      init/mounts.o
>>   /usr/local/bin/hexagon-ld: Relocatable linking with relocations from format elf32-littlehexagon (init/do_mounts.o) to format elf32-littlehexagon (init/mounts.o) is not supported
>>
> 
> Hi Chen,
> 
> Thanks for checking all these.  There are newer Hexagon tools available
> here:
> 
> https://sourcery.mentor.com/GNUToolchain/release2568?cmpid=7108
> 
> You might want to try those out.  The tool prefix is hexagon-linux-, but
> aside from that, a v4 defconfig on 3.12-rc7 compiled for me.
> 

Thank you for your information.

> 'allmodconfig' does not appear to compile due to DMA related issues...
> 
> Anyways, would you mind giving the newer tools a try?
> 
> 

I will/should try. try to let our hexagon pass 'allmodconfig' within
this month (2013-11-30).


Thanks.
-- 
Chen Gang