powerpc-linux-gnu-ld: cannot open linker script file arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff.lds: No such file or directory

[Mathieu Malaterre]

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 4:55 PM, Mathieu Malaterre <malat at debian.org> wrote:
> Segher,
>
> On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 3:48 PM, Segher Boessenkool
> <segher at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 09, 2018 at 12:52:03PM +0100, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>>> Is anyone using O= output directory option ?
>>
>> Yes, always.
>
> Great !
>
>>> It seems that git/master is failing:
>>>
>>> $ make O=ppc6xx ARCH=powerpc ppc6xx_defconfig
>>> $ make O=ppc6xx ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu- zImage
>>
>> Works fine for me (exact same arch and defconfig).  Two differences:
>> 1) I also set CROSS_COMPILE during the config step;
>> 2) I don't build zImage, just the default (but manual "make zImage"
>> afterwards works fine).
>
> Could you run command (2) a second time on your system.
>
>>>   WRAP    arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff
>>> powerpc-linux-gnu-ld: cannot open linker script file
>>> arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff.lds: No such file or directory
>>> ../arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile:375: recipe for target
>>> 'arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff' failed
>>> make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.coff] Error 1
>>
>> Add V=1?
>
> Full steps:
>
> $ make O=ppc6xx ARCH=powerpc ppc6xx_defconfig
> $ make O=ppc6xx ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu- zImage
> -> ok so far
> $ make O=ppc6xx -j4 ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu-
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/mathieu/tmp/linux/ppc6xx'
>   CHK     include/config/kernel.release
>   GEN     ./Makefile
>   CHK     include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
>   Using .. as source for kernel
>   .. is not clean, please run 'make mrproper'
>   in the '..' directory.
> /home/mathieu/tmp/linux/Makefile:1074: recipe for target 'prepare3' failed
> make[1]: *** [prepare3] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/mathieu/tmp/linux/ppc6xx'
> Makefile:146: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
> make: *** [sub-make] Error 2
>
> Then even after a mrproper I enter in an odd state:
>
> $ make O=ppc6xx -j4 ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu- mrproper
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/mathieu/tmp/linux/ppc6xx'
> rm -f .tmp_symbols.txt
>   CLEAN   scripts/basic
>   CLEAN   scripts/kconfig
>   CLEAN   include/config include/generated arch/powerpc/include/generated
>   CLEAN   .config
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/mathieu/tmp/linux/ppc6xx'
> mathieu at vostrodell:~/tmp/linux$ make O=ppc6xx ARCH=powerpc ppc6xx_defconfig
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/mathieu/tmp/linux/ppc6xx'
>   HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
>   GEN     ./Makefile
>   HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
>   YACC    scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c
>   LEX     scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c
>   HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
>   HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/conf
> #
> # configuration written to .config
> #
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/mathieu/tmp/linux/ppc6xx'
> $ make O=ppc6xx -j4 ARCH=powerpc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-linux-gnu- V=1
> make -C /home/mathieu/tmp/linux/ppc6xx KBUILD_SRC=/home/mathieu/tmp/linux \
> -f /home/mathieu/tmp/linux/Makefile
> make[1]: Entering directory '/home/mathieu/tmp/linux/ppc6xx'
> set -e; : '  CHK     include/config/kernel.release'; mkdir -p
> include/config/; echo "4.15.0$(/bin/bash ../scripts/setlocalversion
> ..)" < include/config/auto.conf > include/config/kernel.release.tmp;
> if [ -r include/config/kernel.release ] && cmp -s
> include/config/kernel.release include/config/kernel.release.tmp; then
> rm -f include/config/kernel.release.tmp; else : '  UPD
> include/config/kernel.release'; mv -f
> include/config/kernel.release.tmp include/config/kernel.release; fi
> ln -fsn .. source
> make -f ../scripts/Makefile.asm-generic \
>             src=uapi/asm obj=arch/powerpc/include/generated/uapi/asm
> /bin/bash ../scripts/mkmakefile \
>     .. . 4 15
>   GEN     ./Makefile
> set -e; : '  CHK     include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h'; mkdir -p
> include/generated/uapi/linux/; (echo \#define LINUX_VERSION_CODE
> 265984; echo '#define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8)
> + (c))';) < ../Makefile > include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h.tmp;
> if [ -r include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h ] && cmp -s
> include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
> include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h.tmp; then rm -f
> include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h.tmp; else : '  UPD
> include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h'; mv -f
> include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h.tmp
> include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h; fi
> make -f ../scripts/Makefile.build obj=scripts/basic
> rm -f include/linux/version.h
> awk '!x[$0]++' init/modules.builtin usr/modules.builtin
> arch/powerpc/kernel/modules.builtin arch/powerpc/mm/modules.builtin
> arch/powerpc/lib/modules.builtin arch/powerpc/sysdev/modules.builtin
> arch/powerpc/platforms/modules.builtin
> arch/powerpc/math-emu/modules.builtin
> arch/powerpc/crypto/modules.builtin arch/powerpc/net/modules.builtin
> arch/powerpc/xmon/modules.builtin arch/powerpc/perf/modules.builtin
> kernel/modules.builtin certs/modules.builtin mm/modules.builtin
> fs/modules.builtin ipc/modules.builtin security/modules.builtin
> crypto/modules.builtin block/modules.builtin drivers/modules.builtin
> sound/modules.builtin firmware/modules.builtin
> arch/powerpc/oprofile/modules.builtin net/modules.builtin
> lib/modules.builtin virt/modules.builtin > ./modules.builtin
> (cat /dev/null; ) > scripts/basic/modules.order
> rm -f .tmp_quiet_recordmcount
> make -f ../scripts/Makefile.asm-generic \
>             src=asm obj=arch/powerpc/include/generated/asm
> if [ -f ../.config -o -d ../include/config ]; then \
> echo >&2 "  .. is not clean, please run 'make mrproper'"; \
> echo >&2 "  in the '..' directory.";\
> /bin/false; \
> fi;
>   .. is not clean, please run 'make mrproper'
>   in the '..' directory.
> /home/mathieu/tmp/linux/Makefile:1074: recipe for target 'prepare3' failed
> make[1]: *** [prepare3] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/mathieu/tmp/linux/ppc6xx'
> Makefile:146: recipe for target 'sub-make' failed
> make: *** [sub-make] Error 2
>
>
> Current commit is f1517df8701c9f12dae9ce7f43a5d300a6917619 on my side,
> no local change.

After yet another 'make mrproper' I can no longer reproduce the build failure.

Sorry for wasting your time :(

-M