[U-Boot-Users] Problem building u-boot

[Jerry Van Baren <gerald.vanbaren@ge.com>]

Nick wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I am having problems build the last couple of u-boot releases.  All the 
> files compile correctly, but when it tries to link, I get the following 
> error.
> 
> ppc_6xx-objcopy --gap-fill-0xff -O binary u-boot u-boot.bin
> ppc_6xx-objcopy: u-boot.bin: No Space left on device
> 
> I am building uboot for a MPC5200b processor configured for high boot 
> (address 0xfff00000)
> 
> I have at least 10Gbytes of space on my harddrive.
> 
> Is there a makefile configuration that I need to make?
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> Nick Droogh

Hi Nick,

You have a link map issue, something in your link map is a long way away 
(in terms of addresses) from your main code.  The --gap-fill-0xff is 
filling that *whole empty space* with 0xFF, which fills up your HD.

Use "objdump -h" to look at the section headers and it will probably be 
clear what the problem is.

HTH,
gvb