[U-Boot-Users] Non-static global variables cause relocation to fail

[Wolfgang Denk <wd@denx.de>]

In message <485AC5C5.5080709@freescale.com> you wrote:
> 
> I did say that.  Simply making the global variable not static caused it to fail.

Ummm... I guess there must be more than one variable in U-Boot, as
there are several source files and several board configurations.

Also, there are several tool chains being used.

You provide NONE of that *essential* information.

> Works:
> 
> static struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) eeprom {
> 
> Doesn't work:
> 
> struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) eeprom {
> 
> Everything else is the same.

What is "same"? Which source file is this? Which line?  Which  board?
Which compiler from which distro? Which binutils?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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