binutils 2.19 issue with kernel link

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Jul 10 01:22:29 EST 2009


On Jul 8, 2009, at 11:40 PM, Alan Modra wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 10:52:59PM -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
>> To further verify this if I switch the -me500 to -mspe and build  
>> things
>> seem to be ok.  This further points at some APU section related bug.
>
> Like omitting .PPC.EMB.apuinfo from your kernel link script?  See the
> ld info doc on orphan sections.

Ok, not terribly enlightening, but why would .PPC.EMB.apuinfo sections  
be different than something like .debug sections which we also dont  
list in the linker script.

- k


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