compile error with 2.6.0-test6 on ppc32

compile error with 2.6.0-test6 on ppc32

[Christian Kujau]

hi,

upon compiling kernel 2.6.0-test6 on my PowerPC 604r machine (PReP),
i got the following error:


evil@sheep:/usr/src/linux-2.6$ make bzImage modules
make[1]: `arch/ppc/kernel/asm-offsets.s' is up to date.
   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
   UPD     include/linux/compile.h
   CC      init/version.o
   LD      init/built-in.o
   GEN     .version
   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
   UPD     include/linux/compile.h
   CC      init/version.o
   LD      init/built-in.o
   LD      .tmp_vmlinux1
   KSYM    .tmp_kallsyms1.S
   AS      .tmp_kallsyms1.o
   LD      .tmp_vmlinux2
   KSYM    .tmp_kallsyms2.S
   AS      .tmp_kallsyms2.o
   LD      vmlinux
   AS      arch/ppc/boot/common//util.o
arch/ppc/boot/common/util.S: Assembler messages:
arch/ppc/boot/common/util.S:220: Warning: setting incorrect section 
attributes for .relocate_code
arch/ppc/boot/common//util.o: File truncated
arch/ppc/boot/common/util.S:281: FATAL: Can't write 
arch/ppc/boot/common//util.o: File truncated
make[2]: *** [arch/ppc/boot/common//util.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [arch/ppc/boot/common/] Error 2
make: *** [zImage] Error 2
evil@sheep:/usr/src/linux-2.6$ cp .config ~/



(the compile-process was about to finish last time, then i got this very
same error, but could not save it. now calling "make bzImage" has a very 
less to re-compile, hence the few messages. oh, yes: i *do* have write 
permission to [arch/ppc/boot/common//util.o] )

i tried with:

gcc (GCC) 3.3.2 20030908 (Debian prerelease)
GNU ld version 2.14.90.0.6 20030820 Debian GNU/Linux
GNU Make 3.80

distribution is Debian GNU/Linux (unstable)

my config is on:

http://www.nerdbynature.de/bits/ppc/.config

i can compile 2.4 kernels very well with the same utils.

Thank you,
Christian.
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Re: compile error with 2.6.0-test6 on ppc32

[Matthias Urlichs]

Hi, Christian Kujau wrote:

> upon compiling kernel 2.6.0-test6 on my PowerPC 604r machine (PReP),
> i got the following error:
> 
That's a regression in binutils. Debian/unstable fixed it in version
2.14.90.0.6-3.

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Re: compile error with 2.6.0-test6 on ppc32

[Christian]

Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi, Christian Kujau wrote:
> 
> 
>>upon compiling kernel 2.6.0-test6 on my PowerPC 604r machine (PReP),
>>i got the following error:
>>
> 
> That's a regression in binutils. Debian/unstable fixed it in version
> 2.14.90.0.6-3.

indeed! i just have to update *even more* often :-)

hm, the term "regression" is only known to me from mathematics, but i 
don't know how this could be related to compiling issues....

Thank you, 2.6.0-test6 is compiling now.
Christian.
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Re: compile error with 2.6.0-test6 on ppc32

[Matthias Urlichs]

Hi, Christian wrote:
>> That's a regression in binutils. Debian/unstable fixed it in version
>> 2.14.90.0.6-3.
> 
> indeed! i just have to update *even more* often :-)
> 
Or less often.  :-/

> hm, the term "regression" is only known to me from mathematics, but i 
> don't know how this could be related to compiling issues....

It's a fairly standard term. Basically, it means that some feature
(interpreted broadly, e.g. "compiles this piece of code correctly")
worked in version X but fails to do so due to a bug (as opposed to a
feature change or removal) in version Y, where Y>X. Most often, the first
step of fixing the problem is increasing X or decreasing Y successively so
that X==Y-1.

> Thank you, 2.6.0-test6 is compiling now.
You're welcome.

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