Re: 2.6.23-rc7-mm1

Sam Ravnborg
2007-09-24T21:01:10Z

Hi Kamalesh.

> The link error for a PowerMac G5 (powerpc) is still seen with
> 2.6.23-rc7-mm1,
> and was reported for 2.6.23-rc6-mm1 (http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/9/19/62).
>
> KSYM .tmp_kallsyms1.S
> AS .tmp_kallsyms1.o
> LD .tmp_vmlinux2
> KSYM .tmp_kallsyms2.S
> AS .tmp_kallsyms2.o
> LD vmlinux.o
> ld: dynreloc miscount for fs/built-in.o, section .opd
> ld: can not edit opd Bad value
> make: *** [vmlinux.o] Error 1

Can you try to narrow it down a bit further...
As this happens when building fs/built-in.o it should be
straightforward to do so.

First step would be to do:
rm fs/built-in.o
make fs/ V=1

Then copy the ld invocation and try to remove the input .o files one-by-one.
This should tell you which .o file is causing the bug.

Next step is to try to squeze down the offending file until the
errornous part remains.

Last time I did a
make fs/file.i

And then I used gcc & ld to compile and link.
Gradually removing stuff from file.i made me spot the problem
with the weak prototype in a header file.

I guess something else is making ld hit this error now.

PS. Just reinstalled my dev box so no crosscompiler atm.

Sam