Re: [PATCH] Handle R_ALPHA_REFLONG relocation on Alpha(2.6.0-test11)

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Sun Dec 21 2003 - 20:21:32 EST


On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:02:03 -0800
Richard Henderson <rth@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 01:31:24PM -0600, Nathan Poznick wrote:
> > my next question is if this is a known/intended side effect -- enabling
> > CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO means that modules cannot be used?
>
> No. This means there's a bug in the generic bits of the module
> loaders, that they're not discarding debugging sections.

Agree with Richard, unless toolchain is setting SHF_ALLOC on those
sections for some weird reason.

Nathan, can you mail me (off-list) a module which needs this? I'll
take a look.

Thanks,
Rusty.
--
there are those who do and those who hang on and you don't see too
many doers quoting their contemporaries. -- Larry McVoy
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