Linking fails on sparc64 with 2.6.15-rc6 and Sun GEM Ethernet driver

[Nils Meyer <meyer@work.de>]

Hi,

When compiling 2.6.15-rc6 or 2.6.14.4 on my sparc I get the following error:

local symbol 0: discarded in section `.exit.text' from drivers/built-in.o [*]

After calling scripts/reference_discarded.pl it gives me the following error:

Error: ./drivers/net/sungem.o .init.text refers to 0000000000000448 
R_SPARC_WDISP30   .exit.text

When I disable the Sun GEM driver in the configuration it compiles cleanly 
(didn't try booting as I need the network working to connect to the server).

Let me know if you need more information. I can also provide remote access 
(ssh) to the server if needed. 

kind regards
Nils Meyer


* Last command executed by make: 
ld -m elf64_sparc  -o .tmp_vmlinux1 -T arch/sparc64/kernel/vmlinux.lds 
arch/sparc64/kernel/head.o arch/sparc64/kernel/init_task.o  init/built-in.o 
--start-group  usr/built-in.o  arch/sparc64/kernel/built-in.o  
arch/sparc64/mm/built-in.o  arch/sparc64/math-emu/built-in.o  
kernel/built-in.o  mm/built-in.o  fs/built-in.o  ipc/built-in.o  
security/built-in.o  crypto/built-in.o  block/built-in.o  lib/lib.a  
arch/sparc64/prom/lib.a  arch/sparc64/lib/lib.a  lib/built-in.o  
arch/sparc64/prom/built-in.o  arch/sparc64/lib/built-in.o  drivers/built-in.o  
sound/built-in.o  net/built-in.o --end-group

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