From: Guy Martin <gmsoft@tuxicoman.be>
To: John David Anglin <dave.anglin@bell.net>
Cc: linux-parisc <linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Boot failure with 32bit kernel
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:48:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120426104825.06b5cec8@driller.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BLU0-SMTP60C76C814A1780515CC0B297200@phx.gbl>
On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:20:23 -0400
John David Anglin <dave.anglin@bell.net> wrote:
>
> Could you try the attached patch? It adjusts the section arrangement
> so that the long branch stubs don't appear at the start of .text. As
> a result,
> _stext and stext now are at 10100000.
Works like a charm. I was able to boot all the kernels I had issue with.
Tested-by: Guy Martin <gmsoft@tuxicoman.be>
Thanks a lot !
Guy
>
> The problem arises from section merging and a few branch distances
> in the kernel exceeding the PA 2.0 limit.
>
> The patch might not work if the long branch stubs don't work...
>
> Another approach might be to add -mlong-calls to CFLAGS. However,
> these calls are less efficient.
>
> Dave
> --
> John David Anglin dave.anglin@bell.net
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-26 8:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-19 8:26 Boot failure with 32bit kernel Guy Martin
2012-04-21 19:15 ` John David Anglin
2012-04-21 21:43 ` John David Anglin
2012-04-22 12:20 ` John David Anglin
2012-04-26 8:48 ` Guy Martin [this message]
2012-05-17 7:57 ` James Bottomley
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