* [PATCH] Remove last reference to LDFLAGS_BLOB
@ 2004-10-20 2:01 Brian Gerst
2004-10-20 8:05 ` Russell King
2004-10-20 17:59 ` Marcelo Tosatti
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Brian Gerst @ 2004-10-20 2:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew Morton; +Cc: lkml
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Nothing uses LDFLAGS_BLOB anymore, now that the arm binutils are fixed.
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Brian Gerst
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diff -urN linux-2.6.9-bk/arch/m32r/Makefile linux/arch/m32r/Makefile
--- linux-2.6.9-bk/arch/m32r/Makefile 2004-10-18 20:34:14.000000000 -0400
+++ linux/arch/m32r/Makefile 2004-10-19 17:40:55.614157644 -0400
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
LDFLAGS :=
OBJCOPYFLAGS := -O binary -R .note -R .comment -S
LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -e startup_32
-LDFLAGS_BLOB := --format binary --oformat elf32-m32r
CFLAGS += -pipe -fno-schedule-insns
CFLAGS_KERNEL += -mmodel=medium
diff -urN linux-2.6.9-bk/usr/initramfs_data.S linux/usr/initramfs_data.S
--- linux-2.6.9-bk/usr/initramfs_data.S 2003-12-17 21:59:42.000000000 -0500
+++ linux/usr/initramfs_data.S 2004-10-19 17:41:16.191659582 -0400
@@ -1,28 +1,6 @@
/*
initramfs_data includes the compressed binary that is the
filesystem used for early user space.
- Note: Older versions of "as" (prior to binutils 2.11.90.0.23
- released on 2001-07-14) dit not support .incbin.
- If you are forced to use older binutils than that then the
- following trick can be applied to create the resulting binary:
-
-
- ld -m elf_i386 --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -r \
- -T initramfs_data.scr initramfs_data.cpio.gz -o initramfs_data.o
- ld -m elf_i386 -r -o built-in.o initramfs_data.o
-
- initramfs_data.scr looks like this:
-SECTIONS
-{
- .init.ramfs : { *(.data) }
-}
-
- The above example is for i386 - the parameters vary from architectures.
- Eventually look up LDFLAGS_BLOB in an older version of the
- arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile to see the flags used before .incbin was introduced.
-
- Using .incbin has the advantage over ld that the correct flags are set
- in the ELF header, as required by certain architectures.
*/
.section .init.ramfs,"a"
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2004-10-20 2:01 [PATCH] Remove last reference to LDFLAGS_BLOB Brian Gerst
@ 2004-10-20 8:05 ` Russell King
2004-10-20 17:59 ` Marcelo Tosatti
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Russell King @ 2004-10-20 8:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Brian Gerst; +Cc: Andrew Morton, lkml
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:01:06PM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:
> Nothing uses LDFLAGS_BLOB anymore, now that the arm binutils are fixed.
No it hasn't. We still have problems with ARM binutils. As I said
at the time, forcing us to upgrade _will_ cause major problems.
Essentially, all ARM binutils post 2.11.90 to date remain broken in
one way or another.
I should've been stronger to veto the obsolescence of 2.11.90 for
kernel building.
--
Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
maintainer of: 2.6 PCMCIA - http://pcmcia.arm.linux.org.uk/
2.6 Serial core
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2004-10-20 2:01 [PATCH] Remove last reference to LDFLAGS_BLOB Brian Gerst
2004-10-20 8:05 ` Russell King
@ 2004-10-20 17:59 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2004-10-30 23:29 ` Sam Ravnborg
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Marcelo Tosatti @ 2004-10-20 17:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Brian Gerst; +Cc: Andrew Morton, lkml
No, do not remove that initramfs_data.S section!
People with older binutils (like me) rely on it.
Make it obsolete on 2.7.x.
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 10:01:06PM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:
> Nothing uses LDFLAGS_BLOB anymore, now that the arm binutils are fixed.
>
> --
> Brian Gerst
> diff -urN linux-2.6.9-bk/arch/m32r/Makefile linux/arch/m32r/Makefile
> --- linux-2.6.9-bk/arch/m32r/Makefile 2004-10-18 20:34:14.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux/arch/m32r/Makefile 2004-10-19 17:40:55.614157644 -0400
> @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
> LDFLAGS :=
> OBJCOPYFLAGS := -O binary -R .note -R .comment -S
> LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -e startup_32
> -LDFLAGS_BLOB := --format binary --oformat elf32-m32r
>
> CFLAGS += -pipe -fno-schedule-insns
> CFLAGS_KERNEL += -mmodel=medium
> diff -urN linux-2.6.9-bk/usr/initramfs_data.S linux/usr/initramfs_data.S
> --- linux-2.6.9-bk/usr/initramfs_data.S 2003-12-17 21:59:42.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux/usr/initramfs_data.S 2004-10-19 17:41:16.191659582 -0400
> @@ -1,28 +1,6 @@
> /*
> initramfs_data includes the compressed binary that is the
> filesystem used for early user space.
> - Note: Older versions of "as" (prior to binutils 2.11.90.0.23
> - released on 2001-07-14) dit not support .incbin.
> - If you are forced to use older binutils than that then the
> - following trick can be applied to create the resulting binary:
> -
> -
> - ld -m elf_i386 --format binary --oformat elf32-i386 -r \
> - -T initramfs_data.scr initramfs_data.cpio.gz -o initramfs_data.o
> - ld -m elf_i386 -r -o built-in.o initramfs_data.o
> -
> - initramfs_data.scr looks like this:
> -SECTIONS
> -{
> - .init.ramfs : { *(.data) }
> -}
> -
> - The above example is for i386 - the parameters vary from architectures.
> - Eventually look up LDFLAGS_BLOB in an older version of the
> - arch/$(ARCH)/Makefile to see the flags used before .incbin was introduced.
> -
> - Using .incbin has the advantage over ld that the correct flags are set
> - in the ELF header, as required by certain architectures.
> */
>
> .section .init.ramfs,"a"
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