[PATCH 0/5] Relocatable 64-bit kernel using linker PIE support

Mohan Kumar M mohan at in.ibm.com
Tue Aug 19 18:11:55 EST 2008


Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Mohan Kumar M writes:
> 
>> Attaching the .config
> 
> Hmmm, your config works for me on a POWER6 partition here, whether I
> netboot the zImage.pseries or boot it with yaboot.  I wonder if your
> toolchain is an older version.  What is the output from ld --version
> and gcc --version?

# ld --version
GNU ld version 2.16.91.0.5 20051219 (SUSE Linux)

# gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20070115 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)

If the problem is related to toolchain version, which one you recommend 
to test?

> 
> Also, could you send me off-list your compiled vmlinux?

You can download the zipped vmlinux at
http://mohankumar.m.googlepages.com/vmlinux.gz

Regards,
Mohan.



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