From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.11] helo=sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B96eY-0004FS-OS for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 01 Apr 2004 10:10:58 -0800 Received: from smtp001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.11.32]) by sc8-sf-mx1.sourceforge.net with smtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B96eY-0000dK-38 for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Thu, 01 Apr 2004 10:10:58 -0800 From: BlaisorBlade Subject: Re: [uml-devel] Segfault on UML load References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200404012021.50054.blaisorblade_spam@yahoo.it> Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 19:21:50 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: "Charles A. Clinton" Alle 01:56, gioved=EC 1 aprile 2004, Charles A. Clinton ha scritto: > When I build a UML kernel on my Fedora Core 1 machine, it segfaults when > it tries to load. There are reports of this, but was related either to NPTL or to exec-shield= =20 (and people succeeded in solving it). > It looks to me like changes in binutils to support > exec-shield have added a STACK program header at 0x00000000, causing the > image to appear to be 2.5G in size. Nobody has ever had this clue... I've no idea of those changes. > Is this a: > 1) known and solved > 2) an open issue that I need to work on a fix for > 3) nobody cares > kind of problem? > > (My guess is that adding some commands to arch/um/ld.link.in to disappear > or move the STACK program header is the right way to fix it) Well, see this for the solution everybody used: http://toast.debian.net/~may/umlproject/bugs.html If you succeed in doing the patch you suggest, then post the patch. If you = think you are right but aren't able to do the fix, wait for answers from=20 somebody smarter than me(especially M A Young who hacks UML on Fedora) or=20 post evidence/explanations about your problem. Bye --=20 Paolo Giarrusso, aka Blaisorblade Linux registered user n. 292729 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id638&op=CCk _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel