Re: build failure on powerpc with current -git

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Tue Oct 21 2008 - 04:13:51 EST


Hi Paulus,

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:33:10 +1100 Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It's a bug in older versions of ld (including 2.16.1) that's fixed in
> the current version (2.18). However, this patch appears to work
> around the problem - at least, it let me build a 32-bit kernel with a
> cross-toolchain including a 2.16.1 ld. Let me know if this gets it
> working for you.

With that patch applied I got these errors for a powerpc ppc64_defconfig
build (linux-next).

/usr/bin/objcopy: Warning: '/dev/null' is not an ordinary file
make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.pmac] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
/usr/bin/objcopy: Warning: '/dev/null' is not an ordinary file
make[2]: *** [arch/powerpc/boot/zImage.pseries] Error 1
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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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