From: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hjl.tools@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Trying to make a working kernel with the gold linker
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:51:07 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120411045107.GA324@x4> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1SHnDZ-0006Za-Kh@tytso-glaptop.cam.corp.google.com>
On 2012.04.10 at 22:23 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
>
> So I was trying to see if I could make the kernel build with the gold
> linker (since until it can, I can't install it on my system).
>
> I saw a message from HJ indicating one of the problems was x86_64 gold
> used an incompatible max-page-size setting, so I tried changing it in
> hopes that would make a bootable kernel.
>
> No dice, it didn't work. (At least not with a 2.20 binutils-gold.)
>
> Does anybody know what the other issues with the gold linker? Is the
> 2.22 binutils-gold more likely to work?
Yes. I use it regularly. The last problems were fixed two years ago.
Please try a more recent version.
--
Markus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-11 4:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-11 2:23 Trying to make a working kernel with the gold linker Theodore Ts'o
2012-04-11 3:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-04-11 4:51 ` Markus Trippelsdorf [this message]
2012-04-11 18:05 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-04-11 18:28 ` Markus Trippelsdorf
2012-04-11 19:13 ` Ted Ts'o
2012-04-11 19:18 ` H.J. Lu
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