linux-next: powerpc build failure
Alan Modra
amodra at bigpond.net.au
Thu Jun 12 15:33:35 EST 2008
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:38:19AM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Direct unconditional branches, including procedure calls, can only
> reach +/- 32MB from the address of the branch on powerpc. So if the
> image grows to more than 32MB of text there is a problem unless the
> linker is smart enough to insert trampolines. I don't know whether
> GNU ld is that smart.
It is, but you need to pass --relax to enable generation of the
trampolines.
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Alan Modra
Australia Development Lab, IBM
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