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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Guo Michael <michael_e_guo@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Which compiler should I use to make mips64 kernel
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On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 02:54:52PM +0800, Guo Michael wrote:

> mips64el-linux-ld  -r -o kernel.o sched.o dma.o fork.o exec_domain.o 
> panic.o printk.o module.o exit.o itimer.o info.o time.o softirq.o 
> resource.o sysctl.o acct.o capability.o ptrace.o timer.o user.o signal.o 
> sys.o kmod.o context.o ksyms.o
> mips64el-linux-ld: BFD 2.13.2.1 assertion fail elflink.h:5117

This is a known but not yet fixed problem that only seems to hit certain
kernel configurations; I believe it somehow tied to little endianess also.

  Ralf