Re: Linux 2.6.38-rc1 doesn't boot

[Shaohua Li]

On Wed, 2011-01-19 at 15:49 +0800, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> On 2011.01.19 at 08:39 +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> > On 2011.01.18 at 15:54 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > 
> > > And as usual, report any regressions to the lists and the appropriate
> > > authorities.
> > 
> > Unfortunately 2.6.38-rc1 doesn't even boot on my machine (amd64).
> > This is caused by 86b1e8dd83cbb0f:
> >     x86: Make relocatable kernel work with new binutils
> > 
> > Reverting the commit solves the problem.
> 
> I'm running the latest binutils:
> GNU ld (Linux/GNU Binutils) 2.21.51.0.5.20110104
Hmm, reproduce it here with binutils-2.21.51.0.6-20110118
but not with GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.20.51-system.20100908
I got this in system.map: ffffffff03514880 D jiffies_64, which looks
wrong.
looks binutils changed something again.
Have no idea, CC Lu Hongjiu.

Thanks,
Shaohua

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/