From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:22:56 +0100 (BST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1]:43189 "EHLO dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20030731AbXJLRWy (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:22:54 +0100 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by dl5rb.ham-radio-op.net (8.14.1/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9CHMsj6009918 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:22:54 +0100 Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l9CHMsCE009917 for linux-mips@linux-mips.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:22:54 +0100 Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:22:54 +0100 From: Ralf Baechle To: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Gcc 4.2.2 broken for kernel builds Message-ID: <20071012172254.GA10835@linux-mips.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 16993 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips So it looks as if gcc 4.2.2 is broken for kernel builds resulting in the following error message with binutils 2.18: CC drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o mipsel-linux-ld: drivers/mtd/.tmp_mtd_blkdevs.o: Can't find matching LO16 reloc against `$LC6' for R_MIPS_HI16 at 0x9e0 in section `.text' CC drivers/mtd/chips/chipreg.o Older binutils throw a more cryptic error message about the bad assembler code generated by gcc: CC drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o mipsel-linux-ld: final link failed: Bad value make[2]: *** [drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [drivers/mtd] Error 2 make: *** [drivers] Error 2 Just as heads up ... Ralf